Characterization of Laminated Safety Glass Interlayers : Thermorheology, Crystallinity and Viscoelasticity / by Miriam Schuster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuster, Miriam, author.

Series:

Mechanik, Werkstoffe und Konstruktion im Bauwesen, 2512-3246 ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building materials.

Buildings—Design and construction.

Buildings—Environmental engineering.

Building Materials.

Building Construction and Design.

Building Physics, HVAC.

Local Subjects:

Building Materials.

Building Construction and Design.

Building Physics, HVAC.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Vieweg, 2023.

Summary:

Laminated safety glass enables the safe construction of transparent structures. The mechanical behaviour depends on the polymeric interlayer both in the intact and in the post fracture state. In the present work, the mechanical behaviour of ethylene vinyl acetate-based (EVA) and ionoplastic interlayers is investigated for the intact laminated safety glass condition. In particular, the influence of the semi-crystalline structure on the stiffness behaviour is studied with X-Ray Diffraction, Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Dynamic-Mechanical-Thermal-Analysis. The studies on the mechanical behaviour of the interlayer in the fractured laminated safety glass were carried out with polyvinyl butyral-based (PVB) interlayers. First, the temperature and frequency (time) dependent linearity limits are determined in Dynamic-Mechanical-Thermal-Analyses, second, the nonlinear viscoelastic material behaviour is investigated with tensile relaxation tests at different temperatures and strain levels. Miriam Schuster, born in 1990 in Luxembourg, studied Civil Engineering from 2009 to 2014 at University of Luxembourg and TU Darmstadt. She focused and specialized on structural engineering. After working in the Luxembourgish engineering office Schroeder&Associés she returned to TU Darmstadt in February 2016 as a researcher in the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design (ISM+D). In January 2022, she successfully defended her phd thesis with the topic “Characterization of laminated safety glass interlayers – Thermorheology, Crystallinity and Viscoelasticity”. Since then, she has been heading the glass and polymer unit of ISM+D as a postdoctoral researcher.

Contents:

Introduction

Theoretical background

General description of the experimental methods

Investigation of the semicrystalline structure of EVA and ionoplastic interlayers

Identification of time-superposition principles for EVA and ionoplastic interlayers

Determination of the linear viscoelastic behaviour and linearity limits for PVB

Characterization of the nonlinear viscoelastic behaviour of PVB

Application to engineering practice

Summary and outlook Bibliography

Appendix

A Additional data

B List of publications, presentations and workshops.

Other Format:

Print version: Schuster, Miriam Characterization of Laminated Safety Glass Interlayers

ISBN:

9783658398217