Measurements of surface residual stress at various locations were made for three front windshields from the Ford Contour automobile using a grazing angle surface polarimeter sensitive to the optical birefringence produced in stressed glass. The two in-plane principal stresses were determined from these measurements. Also, an uncertainty analysis was performed to evaluate the precision of these measurements.
Origin
Pacific Northwest Labs, Usa
Journal Title
Glass Techol 42 2 2001 49-53
Sector
Flat glass
Class
F 1250