Robust adaptive remeshing strategy for large deformation, transient impact simulations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2139-2166

  Erhart, Tobias ^a   Wall, Wolfgang A ^b   Ramm, Ekkehard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive remeshing; Contact; Error indicators; Finite strain plasticity; Impact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN;

ADAPTIVE REMESHING; ERROR INDICATORS; FINITE STRAIN PLASTICITY; IMPACT SIMULATIONS;

DEFORMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN;

EID: 33645320549     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1531     Document Type: Article

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