Finite element analysis of laminated glass

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dc.contributor.advisorWalton, A.
dc.contributor.advisorSkordos, Alexandros A.
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-01T10:16:16Z
dc.date.available2024-05-01T10:16:16Z
dc.date.issued2009-09
dc.description.abstractIn the road and rail industries, annealed float glass is combined with a thin polymeric layer to form a 3-ply glass/PVB/glass structure known as laminated glass. Amongst other characteristics, the PVB acts to retain fractured glass fragments, thus minimising injury from flying glass shards. Previous attempts at predicting the behaviour of laminated glass during impact have proven difficult due to complex stress fields caused by the large differences in moduli. The following research made an attempt at modelling laminated glass using the Laminated Glass model of LS-DYNA (MAT_32). Experimental results, used for model validation, displayed a large amount of scatter that may have been due to differences in manufacturing conditions. Numerical prediction results showed the model to be highly sensitive to mesh refinement. The resultant data showed poor correlation with experimental results predicting a much softer response.en_UK
dc.description.coursenameInnovative Manufacturingen_UK
dc.description.prizeSAS prize winneren_UK
dc.description.sponsorshipEngineering and Physical Sciences (EPSRC)en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/21295
dc.language.isoen_UKen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield Universityen_UK
dc.publisher.departmentSASen_UK
dc.subjectLaminated Glassen_UK
dc.subjectFinite Elementen_UK
dc.subjectImpacten_UK
dc.subjectLS-DYNAen_UK
dc.subjectMAT_32en_UK
dc.subjectPolyvinyl Butyral (PVB)en_UK
dc.titleFinite element analysis of laminated glassen_UK
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_UK
dc.type.qualificationlevelMastersen_UK
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_UK

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