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2-Ply Windshields: Laboratory Impactor Tests of the Polyvinyl Butyral/Polyester Construction
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A test program was conducted to characterize the impact response of an experimental 2-ply windshield construction with a polyvinyl butyral / polyester (PVB/PET) inner plastic laminate. Windshield impact tests were conducted using a linear impactor test facility. Principal among the findings was that the measured impact response of prototype PVB/PET 2-ply windshields was highly variable. Average performance of this construction could thus be improved if ways could be found (and then implemented) to reduce this variability.
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Browne, A., "2-Ply Windshields: Laboratory Impactor Tests of the Polyvinyl Butyral/Polyester Construction," SAE Technical Paper 950047, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950047.Also In
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