BS AU 178a:1992
Withdrawn
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Specification for road vehicle safety glass
Hardcopy , PDF
13-12-2011
English
28-02-1992
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Glazing characteristics
4. General requirements and application
5. Particular requirements
6. Purpose of the tests
7. Detailed schedule of tests for safety glass
8. Application for approval and procedure on any
subsequent modification of the product
9. Marking
Appendices
A. General test conditions
B. Toughened glass windscreens
C. Toughened glass windows other than windscreens
D. Ordinary laminated glass windscreens
E. Ordinary laminated glass windows other than
windscreens
F. Treated laminated glass windscreens
G. Windscreen grouping
H. Thicknesses of glass available to the United
Kingdom automobile industry
J. Application for approval and procedure on any
subsequent modification of the product
K. Classification of vehicles according to the
Commission of the European Communities (EEC/
Brussels) and the United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (UN-ECE/Geneva)
L. Plastics-coated safety glazing
Table
1. Secondary characteristics
2. Tests specified for the categories of glass defined
in 2.4 and 2.5
3. Readings required for abrasion resistance test
4. The minimum number of products required for a full
set of approval tests
Figures
1. Maximum height of segments, A-B, measured
approximately normal to the glass
2. Specified points of impact for windscreens
3. Specified points of impact for toughened glass
windows other than windscreens
4. Support for ball tests
5. Support for samples (head form test)
6. Support for test pieces (head form test)
7. Head form
8. Diagram of abrading instrument
9. Equipment for measuring scattered light (hazemeter)
10. Deviation at point M on the inner surface of the
windscreen denoted by alpha
11. Optical distortion: position of zone 1
12. Vision zone 'A'
13. Vision zone 'B'
14. Example of combustion chamber with sample holder
and drip tray
15. Sample
Specifies requirements for safety glass for installation as windscreens, other windows or as partitions in motor vehicles and trailers. Includes tests. This edition aligns with ECE Regulation 43.
| Committee |
AUE/1
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 90/77370 DC and BS AU178(1980) (11/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, September 2006. (09/2006)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
44
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| Supersedes |
| ISO 3917:2016 | Road vehicles Safety glazing materials Test methods for resistance to radiation, high temperature, humidity, fire and simulated weathering |
| ISO 3537:2015 | Road vehicles Safety glazing materials Mechanical tests |
| ISO 3538:1997 | Road vehicles — Safety glazing materials — Test methods for optical properties |
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