Vulnerability and Structural Capacity Assessment of Historic Glass Facades under Bird-Strike

Figure 13

Structural performance of glass facade under B#1 impact in P1-1, P1-2, or P1-4 ( = 20 m/s): (a)–(c) principal stress evolution in glass and (d)–(f) example of corresponding distribution (at a time of 0.01 s after impact), with legend values in Pa (ABAQUS/explicit, frame hidden from view). (a) P1-1. (b) P1-2. (c) P1-4. (d) P1-1. (e) P1-3. (f) P1-5.

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