...Yidan Cui; Yixiao Zhang; Qiuju Ma; Qi Zhang Purpose This study establishes an energy conduction model of glass and concrete mediums under explosion thermal radiation, investigates the temperature response and damage state of glass and concrete materials under transient thermal radiation...

...Xudong Chen; Andrew Chan Purpose This paper aims to investigate the responses of laminated glass under soft body impact, including elastic impact and fracture/fragmentation consideration. Design/methodology/approach The simulation uses the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM) which...

...Jaroslav Mackerle Purpose Ceramic materials and glasses have become important in modern industry as well as in the consumer environment. Heat resistant ceramics are used in the metal forming processes or as welding and brazing fixtures, etc. Ceramic materials are frequently used in industries...

...Jaroslav Mackerle This paper gives a bibliographical review of the finite element methods (FEMs) applied to the analysis of ceramics and glass materials. The bibliography at the end of the paper contains references to papers, conference proceedings and theses/dissertations on the subject that were...