Modelling of failure mode transition in ballistic penetration with a continuum model describing microcracking and flow of pulverized media

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 365-398

  Gailly, Benjamin A ^b   Espinosa, Horacio D ^a  

^a Dlgation Gnrale Pour l'Armement Etablissement Technique de Bourges   (France)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic penetration; Brittle materials; Constitutive modelling; Damage; Granular materials; Impact; Visco plasticity

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; BRITTLENESS; COALESCENCE; COMMINUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSOLIDATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; STRAIN RATE;

MULTIPLE PLANE MICROCRACKING (MPM) MODEL;

MICROCRACKING;

BRITTLE MEDIUM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; IMPACT;

EID: 0037198579     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.427     Document Type: Article

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