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Quantity effect of radial cracks on the cracking propagation behavior and the crack morphology
Jingjing Chen1, Jun Xu1, Bohan Liu1
1State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety & Energy, Department of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
Abstract:
In this letter, the quantity effect of radial cracks on the cracking propagation behavior as well as the circular crack generation on the impacted glass plate within the sandwiched glass sheets are experimentally investigated via high-speed photography system. Results show that the radial crack velocity on the backing glass layer decreases with the crack number under the same impact conditions during large quantities of repeated experiments. Thus, the "energy conversion factor" is suggested to elucidate the physical relation between the cracking number and the crack propagation speed. Besides, the number of radial crack also takes the determinative effect in the crack morphology of the impacted glass plate. This study may shed lights on understanding the cracking and propagation mechanism in laminated glass structures and provide useful tool to explore the impact information on the cracking debris.
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