- Author
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Magro, D. T.
- Title
- Development of a Design Method for Glass Windows Subjected to Blast Loadings.
- Coporate
- Department of the Navy, Washington, DC
- Report
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Thesis
August 1993
143 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Defense Technical Information Center
- Keywords
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glass
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windows
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blasts
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computer programs
- Identifiers
- WINBLAST - determine the displacements, velocities accelerations and stresses in heat treated glass plates subjected to uniform loads using an equivalent single degree of freedom linear dynamic analysis; ABAQUS finite element input code; heat-treated glass
- Abstract
- The purpose of this research is to develop a method which can be used to predict the dynamic response of rectangular glass plates subjected to uniform blast loadings of varying durations. A computer code developed using an equivalent mass and force approach is presented. The results generated using this code are compared to results obtained from a detailed finite element solution and actual test data. The results of this comparison verify that the developed computer code provides a reasonable design tool.