A plate finite element for modelling of triplex laminated glass and compariso…

Abstract Laminated glass became a popular safety glass. The very soft interlayer of polymeric material impedes the slippage between glass layers, bending in parallel, by shear stress. The shear stress of the interlayer breaches the principle of straight normals remaining straight after deformation, on which is based the conventional shell elements in finite element (FE) analysis. As a resu…