Bulletproof glass Confusion

[wakusei]

God-Raped-Me

I think they did already...

Did they test breaking it with all sorts of things or just bullets?

 

[124-C]

wakusei

God-Raped-Me

I think they did already...

Did they test breaking it with all sorts of things or just bullets?

Just bullets, I believe.

Anyway, bulletproof glass works by laminating sheets of glass and more flexible sheets of polycarbonate. The brittle glass eats up a good portion of the force of the bullet allowing the more flexible polycarbonate to absorb the remaining energy.

So, if you were to apply an even enough force, I think you could break "bulletproof" glass. Realizing, of course, that you wouldn't be trying to punch through 5" glass (the thickness of the windows on the President's limousine).

That's just my, probably wrong, thinking though...  

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[124-C]

It's just a side-effect of trapping quality members, Rol.

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@Invis — Is the physics getting you down a little? eek  

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[Shram]

I am an old ATG member =]

Don't bump my thread b***h!

anyways

Tsuji: In terms of thicker glass then thats the same as trying to smash thick walls with a hammer so yeah this Being able to smash bulletproof glass would be applied to standard thickness glass of a car window, Possibly slightly thicker.
That's basically the theory though apply pressure over a wider area and it will burst, question is: is this Fact?

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[Shram]

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I'm sorry for double posting but its gone 2 days since I posted xP
Nobody has found any proof of Bulletproof glass being smash able or not?
what happened to the mail to the producers of this glass?

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[WiskersThCatfish]

Hmh, well the glass is layered specifically so that it won't crack and shatter from bullets hitting it. So here's my theory: you get a sheet, set it in a frame up on some bricks about a foot off the ground, climb up and jump down into it from about five feet exerting with the intention of breaking it upon impact (slamming as much of the surface area of your boots into it on impact, for greater effect, and just to look totally awesome).

I'm thinking that the glass will shatter. But the plastics that make up the other layers will keep it intact and in one piece. So you get more of a cardboard effect like when you jump on a box: It's no longer usable as a box, but it's also not destroyed.

However, I dunno when this situation would be plausible. If we are talking about a car window, you wouldn't be able to build up the force to do anything but hurt yourself hitting a horizontal surface like that. And if you did break it, it would still be sort of a jagged, flaccid, rubbery sheet stuck on the inside of the window-frame.

Also consider other factors besides thickness, such as the curvature of the glass, and it's total surface area. You're not going to break anything if you're hitting a five inch thick, curved piece of glass that's only about as big as the total surface area of the bottom of your boots, if it got a little bigger though it might suddenly become more possible.