Impact Behavior and Pedestrian Protection of Automotive Laminated Windshield: Theories, Experiments and Numerical Simulations

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 1-19 Manufacturing of Automotive Laminated Windshields (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 21-37 Mechanical Behavior and Constitutive Modeling of Laminated Glass (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 39-74 Crack Initiation and Propagation in Laminated Glass upon Impact (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 75-107 Theoretical Analysis of Laminated Glass (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 109-126 Numerical Computation Based on Finite Element Method (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 127-189 Numerical Simulation Based on XFEM (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 191-225 Pedestrian Protection and Energy Dissipation (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 227-254 Accident Reconstruction Based on Laminated Windshield Cracking (Jun Xu, Yibing Li)....Pages 255-272