An analytical solution for pre-crack behaviour of laminated glass under blast loading
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Author(s)
Del Linz, P
Liang, X
Hooper, PA
Wang, LZ
Dear, JP
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Laminated glazing is often employed to minimise damage and injuries during blast events. In this work, the von Karman theory for large deflections of plates was used to simulate the effect of large explosions on laminated glazing. Linear material properties were assumed for both the glass and Polyvinyl Butyral layers. The glass and PVB layers were assumed to act fully compositely during the pre-crack phase of the deformation. A higher order deflection function was employed to represent the complex deformed shape observed in DIC blast test data collected by Hooper et al. [1]. The deflection results showed that the method developed could produce accurate estimates of the glazing deformation history during a blast event. The analytical solution was also used to compute the reaction forces acting on the window supports, which were found to be of a similar magnitude to those calculated from experimental data. In addition, crack densities were predicted, which were found to follow a pattern similar to those seen in blast experiments. The analytical approach developed is valuable for risk assessment engineers and façade designers who much prefer analytically based models over full-scale FE analysis, as FEA is often too time consuming for design assessments.
Date Issued
2016-02-26
Online Publication Date
2016-02-26
Date Acceptance
2016-02-19
ISSN
0263-8223
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
156
End Page
164
Journal / Book Title
Composite Structures
Volume
144
Copyright Statement
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source Database
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Sponsor
Office Of Naval Research Global
Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials (BIAM)
Office Of Naval Research Global
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Grant Number
N00014-12-1-0403
N/A
N62909-15-1-2004
10001118
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Composites
Materials Science
Laminated glass
Blast
Large deflections
Nonlinear
STRAIN RATES
09 Engineering
Materials
Publication Status
Published