Review Article

Design of Blast-Loaded Glazing Windows and Facades: A Review of Essential Requirements towards Standardization

Table 5

Blast-loaded laminated glass experiments published in the open literature.

SourceGlass type/plies thicknessPanel size [m]Blast wave sourceCharge (equivalent) [kg]Distance [m]Failure

Morison et al. [17]Float/3 mm1.25 × 1.55Solid explosive60
TNT
12Interlayer
Kranzer et al. [18]Float/3 mm1.1 × 0.9Solid explosive/shock tube0.5/0.25/0.125
PETN
5.75/3.7/2.0Glass
Hooper et al. [19]Float/3 mm1.5 × 1.2Solid explosive15
C4
10/13Interlayer
Morison et al. [17]Float/3 mm1.25 × 1.25Shock tube100/500
TNT
31/65Interlayer
Larcher et al. [20]Tempered/6 mm1.1 × 0.9Shock tube820–450045–83Glass/interlayer
Zhang and Hao [9]Float/3 mm, 6 mm1.5 × 1.2Solid explosive10/207.2–12.3Glass/interlayer/boundary