Analysis of Laminated Glass Units
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 119, Issue 5
Abstract
Laminated glass units used for glazing buildings consist of two thin glass plates bonded together by a thin core material, called polyvinyl butyral (PVB). As the plates are usually thin and undergo large lateral displacements, the conventional thin plate theory cannot be applied; instead, a nonlinear theory of plates has to be employed. As well, the interlayer, though soft in material properties, provides significant change in the overall behavior of the composite. Variational calculus and minimum potential energy theorem are employed to obtain the five nonlinear differential equations with appropriate boundary conditions; these equations are solved numerically with iteration. Experiments were conducted at the Glass Research and Testing Laboratory at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, to validate the mathematical model. Laminated glass units in size with two glass plates each 4.763 mm (0.1875 in.) thick with a PVB of thickness equal to 1.52 mm (0.06 in.) were tested up to a lateral pressure of 6.895 kPa (1 psi). Lateral displacements and strains at four different locations at the top and bottom of the units were measured. The experimental results are compared with those from the mathematical model and presented in this paper.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
Behr, R. A., Minor, J. E., Linden, M. P., and Vallabhan, C. V. G. (1985). “Laminated glass units under uniform lateral pressure.” J. Struct. Engrg., ASCE, 111(5), 1037–1050.
2.
Behr, R. A., and Linden, M. P. (1986). “Load duration and interlayer thickness effects on laminated glass.” J. Struct. Engrg., ASCE, 112(6), 1441–1453.
3.
Das, Y. C., and Vallabhan, C. V. G. (1988). “A mathematical model for nonlinear stress analysis of sandwich plate units.” Math. Comput. Model., 11, 713–719.
4.
Hoff, N. J. (1950). “Bending and buckling of sandwich beams.” Tech. Note 2225. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
5.
Linden, M. P., Minor, J. E., Behr, R. A., and Vallabhan, C. V. G. (1988). Experimental study of laterally loaded laminated glass plates. Glass Research and Testing Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex.
6.
Magdi, M. (1990). “Mathematical model for laminated window glass units,” MS thesis, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, Tex.
7.
Pister, K. S., and Dong, S. B. (1959). “Elastic bending of layered plates.” J. Engrg. Mech. Div., ASCE, 85(4), 1–10.
8.
Reissner, E. (1948). “Finite defections of sandwich plates.” J. Aeronautic Sci., 15(7),435–440.
9.
Reznik, P. L., and Minor, J. E. (1986). Failure strengths of laminated glass units. Glass Research and Testing Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex.
10.
Vallabhan, C. V. G. (1983). “Iterative analysis of nonlinear glass plates.” J. Struct. Engrg., ASCE, 109(2), 2416–2426.
11.
Vallabhan, C. V. G., Minor, J. E., and Nagalla, S. R. (1987). “Stresses in layered glass units and monolithic glass plates.” J. Struct. Engrg., ASCE, 113(1), 36–43.
12.
Wang, C. T. (1952). “Principle and application of complementary energy method for thin homogeneous and sandwich plates and shells with finite defections,” NACA TN 2620. National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Apr 29, 1991
Published online: May 1, 1993
Published in print: May 1993
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.