The numerical modelling of ceramics subject to impact using adaptive discrete element techniques

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 82-106

  Cottrell, M G ^a   Yu, J ^b   Wei, Z J ^b   Owen, D R J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rockfield Software Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive techniques; Ceramics

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; BRITTLENESS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS;

ADAPTIVE CONTINUUM TECHNIQUES; ADAPTIVE DISCRETE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; ADAPTIVE REMESHING METHODS; METAL BASED ARMOURED SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL MODELLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0037258979     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400310458856     Document Type: Article

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