Citation

Clark CC, Yudenfriend H, Redner AS. Annu. Proc. Assoc. Adv. Automot. Med. 2000; 44: 117-131.

Affiliation

Safety Systems Co., Baltimore, MD, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11558078

PMCID

PMC3217380

Abstract

Glazing types are historically described, with the laceration injuries and ejection deaths associated with present glazing. Sixty tempered glass windows manufactured at nominally four temper levels were tested for uncracked fracture fragment size and weight and length by the American and European standards, which fracture the glass without strain, and our preliminary strain fracture test, which produces longer uncracked fragments and heavier clusters of fragments. Our study relates the results by the three methods to the temper measurements using birefringence, with a discussion of alternate safer glazing and the inadequacy of present standards for reducing laceration and ejection dangers.