Study of damage in windshield glazing subject to impact by a pedestrian's head

• Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part D, Journal of automobile engineering Vol. 223; no. 1; pp. 77 - 84
• Main Authors: Xu, J, Li, Y-B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2009; Sage Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Accidents; Applied sciences; Automobile safety; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanics. Biorheology; Circumferences; Constitutive relationships; Construction; Cracks; Deformation mechanisms; Equivalence; Exact sciences and technology; Finite element analysis; Finite element method; Fracture mechanics (crack, fatigue, damage...); Fuel consumption; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Glazing; Ground, air and sea transportation, marine construction; Head injuries; High speed; Impact damage; Impact tests; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mechanical engineering. Machine design; Pedestrians; Physics; Plastic cracks; Plate theory; Plates (structural members); Polyvinyl butyral; Protective coatings; Resins; Solid mechanics; Structural and continuum mechanics; Structural damage; Three dimensional models; Tissues, organs and organisms biophysics; Traffic engineering; damage mechanism; poly(vinyl butyral) windshield glazing; crack pattern; constitutive relations; pedestrian protection; Constitutive equation; High strain; Multilayer coating; Probabilistic approach; Circumferential crack; Pedestrian; Traffic accident; Windscreen; Green function; Modeling; Weight; Plate; Biomechanics; Finite element method; Walking; High speed; Von Kárman equation; Head trauma; Damaging

Abstract The windshield is one of the major components in a vehicle that determines the injury to a pedestrian's head. Therefore, it is critical to study the damage to windshield glazing so as to promote the protection structure for pedestrians. In this paper, classical plate theory in combinat...