This paper presents a brief overview of historical and current practices for the design of windows and glass curtain walls subjected to short-duration, high-energy loading from blast shock waves. General discussion is provided that describes typical treatment of force-displacement relationships, boundary conditions, pre- and post-cracked behavior of laminated glass, and failure criterion. Various practical examples from design projects are presented that demonstrate limitations or misapplications of methods that are often used in blast engineering. Developments from parallel research are cited to highlight some of the current deficiencies.
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