- Author
- Kanabolo, D. C. | Norville, H. S.
- Title
- Strength of New Window Glass Plates Using Surface Characteristics.
- Coporate
- Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock
- Sponsor
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
- Report
- IDR 760, July 1985, 122 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- glass | laminates | windows | tests | pressure | failure
- Identifiers
- window glass; plate glass; lateral pressure
- Abstract
- This report addresses the strength of new window glass plates under the action of uniform lateral pressure. Nine samples of new window glass plates of different geometries were tested to failure. The strengths of the samples are reported. Further, these strengths were evaluated relative to each other by using a common window plate geometry and a theory of fracture which employs parameters m and k which describe surface strentth. Direct comparisons of experimental failure data illustrate the dependency of new window glass plate strengths on load duration. Also, it is observed that the value n = 16 is appropriate for use as the static fatigue constant for new window glass plates.