Delamination properties of laminated glass windows subject to blast loading

• Published in: International journal of impact engineering Vol. 105; pp. 39 - 53
• Main Authors: Del Linz, Paolo, Hooper, Paul A., Arora, Hari, Wang, Yi, Smith, David, Blackman, Bamber R.K., Dear, John P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Blast; Blast loads; Composite materials; Deformation; Delamination; Fatigue failure; Finite element method; Glass; Laminated glass; Numerical simulations; Polyvinyl acetal resins; Polyvinyl butyral; Safety glass; Support systems; Tensile tests; Viscoelasticity; Viscoelasticity; Numerical simulations; Blast; Delamination; Laminated glass

•PVB delamination is proposed as an energy absorption mechanism for laminated glass.•Pre-cracked laminated glass tensile tests were performed.•Results showed the presence of a distinct force plateau.•Delamination energies were calculated using FEA for four deformation speeds. Delamination processes...