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 numerical methods have become much 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.
ResumC: Dans un programme expkrimental, des essais de traction rapides ont Ct C exCcut6s sur une barre dgHopkinson. Dans la plupart des sptcimens un trait de scie a Ct C fait. L'objectif Ctait la dktermination de lgCnergie de fracture dynamique du bCton. Les rCsultats ont Ct C comparCs avec des essais quasi-statiques. Pour distinguer le comportement du materiau et de la construction, les expkriences ont etC simulbes numkriquement. Cela a result6 & lgobservation que l'knergie de fracture dynamique est approximativement Cquivalent A llCnergie de fracture statique.
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