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

Figure 15

Structural performance of glass facade under B#1 impact in P2-1 ( = 20 m/s): (a) principal stress evolution in glass and corresponding distribution (b) at a time of 0.01 s after impact or (c) after 0.05 s with legend values in Pa (ABAQUS/explicit, frame hidden from view).

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