Laminated versus tempered lateral windows under head impact : experimental and numerical analysis.

Author(s)
Munsch, M. Bourdet, N. Deck, C. & Willinger, R.
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Abstract

During car accidents leading to roll-overs, 49% of the injured occupants are partially or fully ejected through the side window. In addition head impact against an external structure is often observed under lateral impact. In order to study the risks of car occupant ejections and lateral head impact, an understanding of the side window's mechanical behaviour during a head impact is necessary. Typically in car industry two types of side windows are used made either of tempered or laminated glasses. To compare the effectiveness and the advantages of these two types of glasses, experimental and numerical studies of lateral windows behaviour under head impact were carried out. For the covering abstract see ITRD E144229.

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C 49837 (In: C 49805 CD-ROM) /84 /91 / ITRD E144262
Source

In: Proceedings of the 2008 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Bern (Switzerland), September 17-19, 2008, Pp.

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