Abraded Glass Strength: An Ad Hoc Fitting Protocol Based on the Change of Variable Theorem

Camilla Ferretti, Piero Ganugi, Gabriele Pisano and Francesco Zammori

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2020, vol. 2020, 1-12

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This work tackles the problem of finding a suitable statistical model to describe relevant glass properties, such as the strength under tensile stress. As known, glass is a brittle material, whose strength is strictly related to the presence of microcracks on its surface. The main issue is that the number of cracks, their size, and orientation are of random nature, and they may even change over time, due to abrasion phenomena. Consequently, glass strength should be statistically treated, but unfortunately none of the known probability distributions properly fit experimental data, when measured on abraded and/or aged glass panes. Owing to these issues, this paper proposes an innovative method to analyze the statistical properties of glass. The method takes advantage of the change of variable theorem and uses an ad-hoc transforming function to properly account for the distortion, on the original probability distribution of the glass strength, induced by the abrasion process. The adopted transforming function is based on micromechanical theory, and it provides an optimal fit of the experimental data.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/8519426

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