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Failure Analysis: Hurricane Window Defects

August 29, 2011 By Tom Read 2 Comments

Laminated Glass: A glass failure analysis expert witness was engaged to inspect hurricane window defects. These windows were sold to meet the Miami Dade/State of FloridaBuilding Code Requirements for hurricane resistance, and during development of the process, it appears as if these requirements were met. However, the laminating plastic in these windows interacted with the […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Hurricane Window, Laminated Window

Glass Failure Analysis of Laminated and Tempered GLass

March 13, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

  Glass failure analysis was performed by a failure analysis expert on a large laminated window of which one layer was tempered glass. The tempered half of the lamination failed. The other half of the window held the system together, and this allowed a failure analysis to be performed. The upper left photo is an […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Laminated Window, Tempered Glass

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