New thinner, safer, blast-resistant glass

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Sanjeev Khanna, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the MU College of Engineering inspects the blast-resistant glass

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and after being subjected to a small-scale explosion

After the test the glass is cracked, but not broken

Article Summary

Conventional blast-resistant glass is more than an inch thick and expensive, but researchers are developing and testing a new type of blast-resistant glass that is less than one-half of an inch thick, lighter and yet less vulnerable to small-scale explosions.

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