Dynamic response of a novel laminated glass panel using a transparent glass fiber-reinforced composite interlayer under blast loading

•New laminated glass panel with a transparent glass fiber reinforced polymer composite interlayer.•Deformation behavior and stress states determined under medium and high intensity blast loading.•Numerical model developed to simulate the dynamic response of panel under blast loading and validated using experimental data.

The novel laminated glass-composite panel consists of a transparent glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite interlayer bonded to glass sheets. A numerical model has been developed to simulate the dynamic response of the laminated glass-composite panel under blast loading. The simulated dynamic response, in terms of the midpoint deflection, correlates well with the experiments conducted in a blast load simulator. Stress analysis of the laminated glass shows that it can survive under both medium intensity (peak pressure ≈ 4 psi) and high intensity (peak pressure ≈ 10 psi or higher) blast.