Test Methods for the Determination of Interlayer Properties in Laminated Glass

Current standards introduce different test methods to be used for the determination of the dynamic properties of polymers. Some of these have been applied in the last years for the evaluation of the thermoviscoelastic properties of interlayer in laminated glass. Even the latest draft standards, which provide test methods for the determination of mechanical properties of laminated glass interlayers, hesitate in providing a definite test procedure and thus allow the use of three different test methods depending on the kind of interlayer. Here, a short review of the test methods collected from the literature is proposed and some considerations are made regarding their strengths and weaknesses. The scope of studies surveyed does not claim to be exhaustive, but simply to be representative of the variety of procedures employed in research. The necessity is stressed to converge to as limited a number of test methods as possible that are also adequately simple and can therefore be applied in most research laboratories. (C) 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers.