Bullet resistant laminated glass
09789666 · 2017-10-17
Assignee
Inventors
- Gerrit Panzner (Rudolstadt, DE)
- Ruediger Freitag (Etterwinden, DE)
- Georg Neupert (Jena-Drackendorf, DE)
- Gerhard Lautenschlaeger (Jena, DE)
Cpc classification
Y10T428/26
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
B32B17/10045
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B2571/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B17/10119
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F41H5/0407
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B32B17/10082
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B17/10165
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Y10T428/2495
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y10T428/24942
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
International classification
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to bullet-resistant laminated glass having at least three sheets of glass. One of the sheets of glass faces the impact side as a cover sheet, and one sheet of glass is formed as a closure sheet facing away from the impact side. Between the cover sheet and the closure sheet, one or more intermediate sheets are disposed, these sheets of glass being connected to each other by composite layers. The composite layers are formed by flexible and dimensionally unstable films and/or cast compounds. The composite layers do not consist of polycarbonate, polyurethane or polymethylmethacrylate. In order to prevent splinter output on the rear side, this glass composite has a closure sheet on the rear side consisting of thermally or chemically prestressed glass.
Claims
1. A bullet-resistant laminated glass having at least three sheets of glass, wherein one of the glass sheets faces the impact side (A) as a cover sheet, and one glass sheet that faces away from the impact side (A) is formed as a closure sheet, wherein one or more intermediate sheets are disposed between the cover sheet and the closure sheet, wherein the glass sheets are connected to one another by composite layers, which are formed by flexible and dimensionally unstable films and/or cast compounds, and wherein the closure sheet is formed as a thermally or chemically pre-stressed glass sheet, wherein the cover sheet and the one or more intermediate sheets are composed of non-pre-stressed glass, wherein the thermally pre-stressed closure sheet is selected and has the ratio (x) between the thickness of the closure sheet and the tensile bending strength of the closure sheet in the range between 1:15≦x≦1:50, or wherein the chemically pre-stressed closure sheet is selected and has the ratio (x) between the thickness of the closure sheet and a tensile bending strength of the closure sheet in the range between 1:50≦x≦1:1000, and wherein the closure sheet has a thickness in the range of 4 to 10 mm.
2. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, further comprising that the closure sheet has a glass material that closes the bullet-resistant laminated glass and no foil and/or film is applied on the outside onto the closure sheet.
3. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein the cover sheet and at least one intermediate sheet have a greater thickness than the closure sheet.
4. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein the cover sheet, intermediate sheet, and closure sheet are formed by a glass selected from the group consisting of a borosilicate glass, a soda-lime glass, an aluminosilicate glass, a lithium aluminosilicate glass, and any combination thereof.
5. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein at least one composite layer is formed by one or more films.
6. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein at least one composite layer has a thickness of less than 2 mm.
7. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein the closure sheet has a tensile bending strength that is 100 N/mm.sup.2.
8. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1 has a glass composition (mol %) of the closure sheet is selected as follows: TABLE-US-00009 Aluminosilicate glass SiO.sub.2 .sup. 63-67.5 B.sub.2O.sub.3 0.0-7.0 Al.sub.2O.sub.3 .sup. 10-14.0 Na.sub.2O 8.5-15.5 K.sub.2O 0.0-4.0 MgO .sup. 0-9.0 CaO + SrO + ZnO .sup. 0-2.5 TiO.sub.2 + ZrO.sub.2 .sup. 0-1.5 CeO.sub.2 0.0-0.5 As.sub.2O.sub.3 + Sb.sub.2O.sub.3 0.0-0.4 SnO.sub.2 0.05-0.5 F 0.0-1.0.
9. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein one of the one or more intermediate sheets has a thickness in the range of ≧4 mm.
10. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, further comprising at least one more intermediate sheet that is formed as a thermally or chemically pre-stressed glass sheet.
11. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 10, wherein the closure sheet and/or all other thermally and/or chemically pre-stressed intermediate sheets are disposed behind the mid-point plane of the laminated glass, facing away from the impact side (A), and are disposed parallel to the two end faces formed by the cover sheet and the closure sheet.
12. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 10, wherein the closure sheet, the thermally and/or chemically pre-stressed one or more intermediate sheets and the composite layers have a total thicknesses that is less than or equal to half the total thickness of the laminated glass.
13. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1, wherein the cover sheet and/or at least one of the one or more intermediate sheets is disposed in front of the mid-point transverse plane facing the impact side (A) and is formed by a non-pre-stressed glass material or a glass ceramic or the cover sheet and all of the one or more intermediate sheets are formed by a non-pre-stressed glass material or a glass ceramic.
14. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 1 has a glass composition (mol %) of the closure sheet is selected with the following molar ratios: TABLE-US-00010 SiO.sub.2/Al.sub.2O.sub.3 5.0-6.8 Na.sub.2O/K.sub.2O 2.1-12.0 Al.sub.2O.sub.3/K.sub.2O 2.5-12.0 Al.sub.2O.sub.3/Na.sub.2O 0.6-1.5 (Na.sub.2O + K.sub.2O)/(MgO + CaO + SrO) 0.95-6.5.
15. A bullet-resistant laminated glass having at least three sheets of glass, wherein one of the glass sheets faces the impact side (A) as a cover sheet, and one glass sheet that faces away from the impact side (A) is formed as a closure sheet, wherein one or more intermediate sheets are disposed between the cover sheet and the closure sheet, wherein the glass sheets are connected to one another by composite layers that are not composed of polycarbonate, polyurethane or polymethyl methacrylate, and wherein the closure sheet is formed as a thermally or chemically pre-stressed glass sheet, wherein the cover sheet is composed of non-pre-stressed glass and wherein the pre-stressed glass sheet extends at maximum up to half the total thickness of the laminated glass, wherein the thermally pre-stressed closure sheet is selected and has the ratio (x) between the thickness of the closure sheet and the tensile bending strength of the closure sheet in the range between 1:15≦x≦1:50, or wherein the chemically pre-stressed closure sheet is selected and has the ratio (x) between the thickness of the closure sheet and a tensile bending strength of the closure sheet in the range between 1:50≦x≦1:1000, and wherein the closure sheet has a thickness in the range of 4 to 10 mm.
16. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 15, further comprising the closure sheet has a glass material that closes the bullet-resistant laminated glass and no foil and/or film is applied on the outside onto the closure sheet.
17. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 15, wherein the cover sheet and at least one intermediate sheet have a greater thickness than the closure sheet.
18. The bullet-resistant laminated glass according to claim 15, wherein the cover sheet, intermediate sheet, and closure sheet are formed by a glass selected from the group consisting of a borosilicate glass, a soda-lime glass, an aluminosilicate glass, a lithium aluminosilicate glass, and any combination thereof.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS
(3) The present disclosure a bullet-resistant laminated glass that has at least three sheets of glass, which are connected to one another by one or more intermediate composite layers. In this embodiment, the composite layers are formed in the usual way by flexible and dimensionally unstable films and/or cast compounds. Polyvinylbutyral films that have a layer thickness of less than 2 mm are used, in particular, as flexible films. Films composed of other materials are also used, which have a layer thickness of less than 2 mm. Several films also are combined, in part, in order to obtain intermediate layers between two adjacent sheets of glass. Flexible films are characterized by the properties of low modulus of elasticity (<100 MPa) and high deformation (elongation at break>200%) as a consequence of small force and torque loads. These types of flexible and dimensionally unstable films have the advantage that the composite is held together even after the breaking of single, several, or all sheets of glass. Cast compounds are particularly suitable, since the laminated glass can be produced in a simple manner in this way. For example, with composite layers having thicknesses equal to or greater than 1 mm, the individual sheets of glass can be mechanically decoupled.
(4) The closure sheet is designed as a thermally or chemically pre-stressed glass sheet. Further, this glass sheet can therefore enclose the laminated glass facing way from the impact side.
(5) In the case of this construction of a laminated glass, when a projectile impacts it, first the cover sheet and consequently the intermediate sheet(s) adjacent to the cover sheet is (are) broken due to the impact of the projectile. The energy of the projectile in this embodiment is transferred onto the broken sheet(s) and this leads to a shock-like bending load that is taken up by the pre-stressed closure sheet. It has been surprisingly shown that due to the pre-stressing, a break of the closure sheet does not occur. Consequently, there is also no splinter output on the back side. This type of construction of a laminated glass equally also displays a good protection against an explosion effect. In the case of a pressure wave occurring in the region of the impact side, tensile stresses are produced on the closure sheet, which can be effectively broken down as a consequence of the pre-stressing, so that a break in the material does not occur.
(6) The present disclosure includes a bullet-resistant laminated glass having at least three sheets of glass, in which one of the sheets of glass faces the impact side as a cover sheet, and another glass sheet is formed as a closure sheet facing away from the impact side, and one or more intermediate sheets are disposed between the cover sheet and the closure sheet. The glass sheets are connected to one another by composite layers that are not composed of polycarbonate, polyurethane or polymethyl methacrylate. Also, in the case of these design variants, the closure sheet is formed as a thermally or chemically pre-stressed glass sheet.
(7) It has been shown surprisingly that by dispensing with the composite layers that are usually used for bullet-resistant laminated glasses and that are composed of polycarbonate, polyurethane or polymethyl methacrylate, an advantageous effect can be achieved relative to prevention of splinter output on the back side. The energy of the impacting projectile is not influenced by such intermediate layers introduced into the closure sheet, so that the energy of the projectile can be reliably taken up without danger of breaking this closure sheet. Also, a bullet-resistant laminated glass is obtained with this solution without splinter output on the back side.
(8) With the two above-named solutions for laminated glasses, architectural glasses in particular can be created, which can be produced with low component weights and which are closed on the impact side and also on the back side by glass material. Therefore, they can be easily cleaned, and they are resistant to scratching and aging. Costly support structures can be dispensed with due to the low component weight.
(9) It has been shown that an optimized bending load for the closure sheet then occurs if the cover sheet and the intermediate sheet(s) have a greater thickness than the closure sheet.
(10) For the construction of the laminated glass, the glass sheets can be formed by a borosilicate glass, a soda-lime glass, an aluminosilicate glass and/or a lithium aluminosilicate glass. Therefore, recourse can be made to commercially available components. Ideally, all glass sheets are composed of a glass material, preferably of borosilicate glass, which has been shown to be particularly suitable for this application objective and in the case of impact with soft-core bullets. Particularly preferred, the cover sheet should be composed of borosilicate glass in order to effectively break the impact energy of a soft-core bullet.
(11) Especially preferred, the composite layer is formed by one or more films, in particular, composed of polyvinylbutyral. These films can be processed in the autoclaving process and lead to a reliable, large-area connection of the glass sheets lying next to one another. The films essentially guarantee the holding together of the broken glass components after the impact of a projectile.
(12) In order to be able to assure the reliable transfer of the bending load onto the closure sheet upon impact with a projectile, the composite layer should have a thickness of less than 2 mm, in particular a thickness of less than 1 mm. Thicknesses of less than 2 mm assure a high safety against splinter output on the back side. They also form a kind of elastic buffer, which contributes to the purpose of absorbing the energy of an impacting projectile. With thicknesses of less than 1 mm, reliable operating values are still achievable.
(13) In order to fulfill the standard requirements according to DIN EN 1063, the tensile bending strength of the closure sheet should be ≧100 N/mm.sup.2. More preferably, the tensile bending strength lies above 140 N/mm.sup.2. Then certain manufacturing inaccuracies in the laminated glass are reliably equilibrated and a splinter output on the back side is always prevented. Clearly higher strengths can be obtained with the use of chemically pre-stressed sheets. The latter can be used in order to reduce the sheet thickness of the remaining sheets of the laminated glass in favor of a small overall component weight. For example, pre-stressing in the range between 500 N/mm.sup.2 and 1100 N/mm.sup.2 can be achieved with chemically pre-stressed glasses. Such chemically pre-stressed glasses are particularly suitable within the scope of the present disclosure.
(14) In the embodiment in which a thermally pre-stressed closure sheet is used, then the latter should have a thickness in the range between 4 and 10 mm, in order to make it sufficiently resistant to bending. In this embodiment, thicknesses of more than 10 mm introduce an improved safety against splinter output on the back side only to a limited extent. However, they significantly increase the weight of the component.
(15) In the embodiment of chemically pre-stressed closure sheets, the thickness should be in the range between 3 and 12 mm. Chemically pre-stressed sheets have the advantage that they can be manufactured with greater pre-stressing and consequently compensate also for greater bending loads. Thus, the layers of glass sheets positioned upstream can be produced with lesser thicknesses, which acts positively on the total weight of the component.
(16) A particularly preferred variant of the present disclosure is configured so that, in the embodiment of the thermally pre-stressed closure sheet, the ratio between the thickness of the closure sheet and the tensile bending strength of the closure sheet is selected in the range between 1:15≦x≦50, preferably 1:20≦x≦30. In the embodiment of the chemically pre-stressed closure sheet, this ratio should be selected in the range between 1:50≦x≦1:1000, preferably 1:100≦x≦1:200. These closure sheets are optimized with respect to their weight and tensile bending strength in such a way that the glass sheets positioned upstream can be designed with relatively small thickness. In this way, the overall component weight of the laminated glass can be optimized.
(17) Glass compositions for the closure sheet that are composed as follows have been demonstrated to be particularly suitable:
(18) TABLE-US-00001 Aluminosilicate glass Composition in mol. % SiO.sub.2 .sup. 63-67.5 B.sub.2O.sub.3 0.0-7.0 Al.sub.2O.sub.3 .sup. 10-12.5 Na.sub.2O 8.5-15.5 K.sub.2O 0.0-4.0 MgO 2.0-9.0 CaO + SrO + ZnO .sup. 0-2.5 TiO.sub.2 + ZrO.sub.2 0.5-1.5 CeO.sub.2 0.0-0.5 As.sub.2O.sub.3 + Sb.sub.2O.sub.3 0.0-0.4 SnO.sub.2 0.05-0.5 F 0-1
(19) Alternatively, glass compositions for the closure sheet that are composed as follows have also been demonstrated as suitable:
(20) TABLE-US-00002 Lithium aluminosilicate glass Composition in mol. % SiO.sub.2 60-70 Al.sub.2O.sub.3 10-13 B.sub.2O.sub.3 0.0-0.9 Li.sub.2O 9.6-11.6 Na.sub.2O 8.2-<10 K.sub.2O 0.0-0.7 MgO 0.0-0.2 CaO 0.2-2.3 ZnO 0.0-0.4 ZrO.sub.2 1.3-2.6 P.sub.2O.sub.5 0.0-0.5 Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 0.003-0.100 SnO.sub.2 0.0-1.0 CeO.sub.2 0.004-0.2
(21) In the case of the laminated glass combination according to the present invention, intermediate sheets with a thickness in the range of ≧4 mm have been demonstrated to be particularly suitable for sufficiently breaking the impact of the projectile.
(22) Several examples of embodiment for the bullet-resistant laminated glasses according to the present disclosure are listed below:
(23) Construction 1—Bullet Resistance BR 2 NS According to DIN EN 1063
(24) Component dimensions 1500 mm×1000 mm
(25) TABLE-US-00003 L No. Thickness Material 1 8 mm Float glass - cover sheet 2 2 mm Cast resin 3 5 mm Float glass - intermediate sheet 4 1 mm Cast resin 5 5 mm Float glass - intermediate sheet 6 1 mm Cast resin 7 8 mm ESG (thermal prestressing ≧100 N/mm.sup.2) - closure sheet
Production of Laminate:
Principle: Cast resin bonding; JenUV-Pleximer JPM-012-05
Process parameters: UV curing at room temperature; 20 minutes
Testing of the bullet resistance class according to EN 1063: Result: BR 2 NS
Construction 2—Bullet Resistance BR 4 NS According to DIN EN 1063
Component dimensions 800 mm×800 mm
(26) TABLE-US-00004 L No. Thickness Material 1 10 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - cover sheet 2 1.52 mm PVB film 3 7 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - intermediate sheet 4 1.52 mm PVB film 5 7 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - intermediate sheet 6 0.76 mm PVB film 7 7 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - intermediate sheet 8 0.76 mm PVB film 9 5 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - intermediate sheet 10 0.76 mm PVB film 11 5 mm PYRANC ® white (thermal prestressing (≧100 N/mm.sup.2) - closure sheet
Production of Laminate:
Principle: Bag method; autoclave manufacture
Process parameters: Total duration: 8 hrs. Max. temperature: 150° C., Max. pressure, 5 bars
Testing of the bullet resistance class according to EN 1063: Result: BR 4 NS
Construction 3—Bullet Resistance BR 6 NS According to DIN EN 1063
Component dimensions 1000 mm×2200 mm
(27) TABLE-US-00005 L No. Thickness Material 1 4 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - cover sheet 2 1.52 mm PVB film 3 6 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - intermediate sheet 4 0.76 mm PVB film 5 6 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 33 - intermediate sheet 6 0.76 mm PVB film 7 6 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 40 - intermediate sheet 8 0.76 mm PVB film 9 8 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 40 - intermediate sheet 10 0.76 mm PVB film 11 10 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 40 - intermediate sheet 12 0.76 mm PVB film 13 12 mm Borosilicate glass Boro 40 - intermediate sheet 14 0.76 mm PVB film 15 4 mm LAS 80 (chemical prestressing ≧ 250 N/mm.sup.2) - closure sheet
Production of Laminate:
Principle: Bag method; autoclave manufacture
Process parameters: Total duration: 8 hrs. Max. temperature: 150° C., Max. pressure, 5 bars
Testing of the bullet resistance class according to EN 1063: Result: BR 6 NS
Construction 4—Bullet Resistance BR 2 NS According to DIN EN 1063 and Explosion Resistance ER 4 NS According to DIN EN 13541
Component dimensions 900 mm×1100 mm
(28) TABLE-US-00006 L No. Thickness Material 1 5 mm Borosilicate glass - cover sheet 2 0.38 mm PVB film 3 7.5 mm Borosilicate glass - intermediate sheet 4 0.38 mm PVB film 5 5 mm Borosilicate glass - intermediate sheet 6 0.76 mm PVB film 7 5 mm PYRAN ® S - closure sheet
Production of Laminate:
Principle: Bag method; autoclave manufacture
Process parameters: Total duration: 9 hrs. Max. temperature: 145° C., Max. pressure: 5 bars
Testing of the bullet resistance class according to EN 1063: Result: BR 2 NS
Testing of the explosion resistance class according to EN 13541: Result: ER 4 NS
Construction 5—Bullet resistance BR 7 NS according to DIN EN 1063
Component dimensions 500 mm×500 mm
(29) TABLE-US-00007 L No. Thickness Material [%] [%] Total 1 7.5 mm Borosilicate glass - 11.8 11.8 100.0 cover sheet 2 0.38 mm PVB film 0.6 12.4 88.2 3 7.5 mm Borosilicate glass - 11.8 24.3 87.6 intermediate sheet 4 0.38 mm PVB film 0.6 24.9 75.7 5 7.5 mm Borosilicate glass - 11.8 36.7 75.1 intermediate sheet 6 0.76 mm PVB film 1.2 37.9 63.3 7 9 mm Borosilicate glass - 14.2 52.1 62.1 intermediate sheet 8 0.38 mm PVB film 0.6 52.7 47.9 9 7.5 mm Borosilicate glass - 11.8 64.5 47.3 intermediate sheet 10 0.38 mm PVB film 0.6 65.1 35.5 11 5 mm Borosilicate glass - 7.9 73.0 34.9 intermediate sheet 12 0.76 mm PVB film 1.2 74.2 27.0 13 8 mm AS 87 - intermediate 12.6 86.8 25.8 sheet 14 0.38 mm PVB film 0.6 87.4 13.2 15 8 mm AS 87 - closure sheet 12.6 100.0 12.6 Total 63.42 100
Production of Laminate:
Principle: Bag method; autoclave manufacture
Process duration: Total duration: 8 hrs. Max. temperature: 150° C., Max. pressure: 5 bars
Testing of the bullet resistance class according to EN 1063: Result: BR 7 NS
Construction 6—Bullet resistance BR 6 NS according to DIN EN 1063
Component dimensions 500 mm×500 mm
(30) TABLE-US-00008 L No. Thickness Material [%] [%] Total 1 9 mm Borosilicate glass - 17.8 17.8 100.0 intermediate sheet 2 0.76 mm PVB film 1.5 19.3 82.2 3 9 mm Borosilicate glass - 17.8 37.0 80.7 intermediate sheet 4 0.38 mm PVB film 0.8 37.8 63.0 5 9 mm Borosilicate glass - 17.8 55.5 62.2 intermediate sheet 6 0.38 mm PVB film 0.8 56.3 44.5 7 8 mm AS 87 - intermediate 15.8 72.1 43.7 sheet 8 0.76 mm PVB film 1.5 73.6 27.9 9 8 mm AS 87 - intermediate 15.8 89.4 26.4 sheet 10 0.38 mm PVB film 0.8 90.1 10.6 11 5 mm AS 87 - closure sheet 9.9 100.0 9.9 Total 50.66 100
Production of Laminate:
Principle: Bag method; autoclave manufacture
Process parameters: Total duration: 8 hrs. Max. temperature: 145° C., Max. pressure: 6 bars
Testing of the bullet resistance class according to EN 1063: Result: BR 6 NS
(31) In the above-described constructions, a commercially available type of glass is employed as borosilicate glass, as can be obtained, for example, under the trade names BOROFLOAT® 33 and BOROFLOAT® 40 of Schott AG. Chemically pre-stressed types of glass are described, such as AS 87 and LAS 80 that can be obtained under the trade names SCHOTT® AS87 and SCHOTT® LAS80 of Schott AG, and moreover, are also described in claim 14.
(32) PYRAN® S and PYRAN® white are trade names of pre-stressed borosilicate glasses obtainable from Schott AG.
(33) In all of the above-described constructions, the stated borosilicate glasses employed always involve glasses that are not pre-stressed. In particular, the cover sheet is formed by a glass that is not pre-stressed. This has the advantage that in the case of a bullet test according to DIN EN 1063, an impact triangle is formed; the first hit does not greatly splinter the cover sheet. In particular, a splinter pattern that extends into the region where subsequent hits occur does not arise. A high bullet resistance is thus offered in this way.
(34) In the constructions, pre-stressed glasses having a thickness of >4 mm (thermally pre-stressed) or of >3 mm (chemically pre-stressed) are always employed for the closure sheet. Starting from these glass thicknesses, a high resistance against splinter output on the back side is achieved, as can be seen from the preceding tables.
(35) Only one pre-stressed sheet is used (closure sheet) in the constructions 1 to 4.
(36) Constructions 5 and 6 use another pre-stressed intermediate sheet (AS 87—intermediate sheet) adjacent to the pre-stressed closure sheet. In principle, other or all intermediate sheets may also be pre-stressed. Of course, it is advantageous if all pre-stressed intermediate sheets are disposed on the tensile side of the laminated glass. Therefore, they should be disposed behind the mid-point transverse plane of the laminated glass, facing away from the impact side. There, they can optimally decompose bending stresses in the laminated glass when impacted by a projectile. For this reason, the closure sheet should also always be completely disposed behind the mid-point transverse plane in the laminated glasses according to the invention.
(37) The pre-stressed glass parts should thus extend at maximum up to half the total component thickness of the laminated glass. It has been shown that extending the pre-stressed glass parts even up to one-third of the total component thickness offers excellent resistance to bullets and also reliably protects against explosion effects.
(38) The present disclosure will be explained in further detail on the basis of examples of embodiment shown in the drawings.
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(40) Whereas the cover sheet 11 and the intermediate sheet 12 are composed of non-pre-stressed glass, the closure sheet 13 is formed by a thermally or chemically pre-stressed glass material. As recognized in
(41)