TY - JOUR A1 - Larcher, M. A1 - Arrigoni, M. A1 - Bedon, C. A1 - van Doormaal, A. A1 - Haberacker, C. A1 - Hüsken, Götz A1 - Millon, O. A1 - Saarenheimo, A. A1 - Solomos, G. A1 - Thamie, L. A1 - Valsamos, G. A1 - Williams, A. A1 - Stolz, A. T1 - Design of blast-loaded glazing windows and facades: a review of essential requirements towards standardization N2 - The determination of the blast protection level of laminated glass windows and facades is of crucial importance, and it is normally done by using experimental investigations. In recent years numericalmethods have becomemuch more powerful also with respect to this kind of application. This paper attempts to give a first idea of a possible standardization concerning such numerical simulations. Attention is drawn to the representation of the blast loading and to the proper description of the behaviour of the material of the mentioned products, to the geometrical meshing, and to the modelling of the connections of the glass components to the main structure.The need to validate the numerical models against reliable experimental data, some of which are indicated, is underlined. KW - Standardization KW - Facades KW - Glazing windows KW - Blast-load KW - Design PY - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2604232 SN - 1687-8094 VL - 2016 SP - Article 2604232, 1 EP - 14 PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation AN - OPUS4-37124 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -