Computer Modelled Internal Pressure Strength Predictions For Refillable Glass Containers (In English)

This paper was first presented to the 59th Conference of the German Glass Technology Society in May 1985. The strength of a glass container under different types of loads will be determined by several interrelated factors. Varying stresses will be produced at different locations on a bottle surface when loads are applied to the bottle, due to different bottle shapes, wall thicknesses and wall thickness variations. This study provides a method which may be used to describe the stress and strength at each location on a glass container surface, and also provide a fracture strength distribution for certain types of loads.