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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 6, Number 5, July 1998 , pages 485-496
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.1998.6.5.485
 


Modeling interply debonding in laminated architectural glass subject to low velocity impact
Flocker FW, Dharani LR

 
Abstract
    Standard finite element wave propagation codes are useful for determining stresses caused by the impact of one body with another; however, their applicability to a laminated system such as architectural laminated glass is limited because the important interlayer delamination process caused by impact loading is difficult to model. This paper presents a method that allows traditional wave propagation codes to model the interlayer debonding of laminated architectural glass subject to low velocity, small missile impact such as that which occurs in severe windstorms. The method can be extended to any multilayered medium with adhesive bonding between the layers. Computational results of concern to architectural glazing designers are presented.
 
Key Words
    debonding, impact, laminated glass, fracture, finite element method
 
Address
Flocker FW, Stress Engn Serv, Houston, TX USA
Univ Missouri, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn & Engn Mech, Rolla, MO 65409 USA
 

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