Impact Behavior and Pedestrian Protection of Automotive Laminated Windshield

This book addresses one of the most important components for pedestrian safety in vehicles laminated windshields. It includes detailed real-world material characterization results for laminated glass and testing methodologies, constitutive models, and step-by-step numerical simulation modeling and simulation methods. As such, the book provides readers a thorough understanding of the mechanical behaviors of laminated glass and windshields. It also presents fundamental test data, analysis methodologies and essential insights into laminated glass safety design and mechanical behavior prediction. The book addresses the needs of researchers, engineers and postgraduate students in the fields of automotive engineering, mechanical engineering and related areas.

Presents detailed tests, analytical and modeling methods for laminated glass Offers an in-depth analysis of the mechanical behavior of laminated glass Provides step-by-step finite element analysis methods Includes handy quick-reference figures and tables to help automotive engineers involved in safety design for laminated windshields

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Background.- Manufacturing of automotive laminated windshield.- Mechanical behavior of the laminated glass.- Constitutive modeling of laminated glass.- Crack initiation and propagation in laminated glass upon the small mass impact.- Full-scale PVB laminated windshield impact experiment by headform.- Numerical simulation on the crack propagation in laminated windshield.- Numerical modeling of the PVB laminated windshield.- Pedestrian protection and energy dissipation of laminated windshield.- Accident reconstruction based on the debris on laminated windshield upon human head impact.- Concluding remarks.