Validation of a computational implementation of the Grady-Kipp dynamic fragmentation theory for thin metal plate impacts using an analytical strain-rate model and hydrodynamic analogues

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-94

  De Chant, Lawrence J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Cumulative probability distribution; Fragmentation; Grady Kipp model; Plate penetration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DYNAMIC LOADS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; FRAGMENTATION; GRADY-KIPP MODEL; PLATE PENETRATION;

PLATE METAL;

EID: 4944248622     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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