Numerical representation of fracture patterns and post-fracture load-bearing performance of thermally prestressed glass with polymer foil

An overview of technological advancements in the application of structural health monitoring on glass elements

“…Due to its sensitive nature and the probability of defacing, increasing the risks, and/or stirring up the aesthetical sight due to the transparent nature of the glass, DT methods may not be of use in structures composed of glass elements. Amongst the NDT failure detection approaches, DIC [28,29], EPMA, IP [30,31], LA-ICP-MS [5], UT [32], etc are the commercially available methods for failure detection inside the glass elements. Due to the particular characteristics of ceramics and glass, NDT methods alone may not provide a panacea for early-stage failures, surface flaws, scratches, and/or other types of defects.…”

Nonlinear analytical study of structural laminated glass under hard body impact in the pre-crack stage

“…In Eq. ( 30), 𝜀𝐴 11 (1) (𝑡) is considered as the second perturbation parameter which is the function of the deflection, By taking (x, y)=(π/2m, π/2n), 𝜀𝐴 11 (1) (𝑡) can be expressed as:…”

“…Structural use of glass, in particular, those glass components acting as load bearing elements commonly require greater redundancy to survive the glass fracture [1,2]. Therefore, structural laminated glass (LG) products, which comprise more than two glass plies and one polymeric interlayers to achieve better post-fracture performance, have been increasingly used in glass buildings [3].…”

Local bridging effect of fractured laminated glass with EVA based hybrid interlayers under weathering actions

“…LG products are vulnerable to dynamic load [1], such as the pedestrian impact in a car accident, blast load [2] or windborne debris hit on the glass structures [3,4]. The post-fracture capability of LG products [5,6] is worthy of investigation and a rising trend of corresponding reports can be found in recent years.…”