Thanks very much Cory, thats just the kind of equation I was looking for
Yeh I can understand why this would never work in real life with glass, but the boss wants me to find this out just so he can have an idea
yeh I totally undertand where your coming from , but basically im doing a simple simulation on computer and modelling that the glass is fixed solid against the frame, and that it will simply "shear" off the frame and not break
its because it just has to be a simple case so some comparisons can...
Sorry if this is a simple question but it has me stumped.
So I have a window that is fixed into a frame. I need to find out how much energy is required to shear the glass from the frame.
Now I dont really have to worry about the frame, as it can be simplified to just shearing glass...
