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Values of Auxiliary Constants

This section contains the standard values that are used for calculations in GlassBR.

SymbolDescriptionValueUnit
ARmaxmaximum aspect ratio5
dmaxmaximum value for one of the dimensions of the glass plate5m
dminminimum value for one of the dimensions of the glass plate0.1m
Emodulus of elasticity of glass71.7109Pa
Jmaxmaximum value for the stress distribution factor32
Jminminimum value for the stress distribution factor1
ksurface flaw parameter28.61054m12N7
LSFload share factor1
msurface flaw parameter7m12N7
SDmaxmaximum stand off distance permissible for input130m
SDminminimum stand off distance permissible for input6m
tdduration of load3s
wmaxmaximum permissible input charge weight910kg
wminminimum permissible input charge weight4.5kg

Auxiliary Constants