Automated design of threats and shields under hypervelocity impacts by using successive optimization methodology

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1449-1458

  Buyuk, M ^a   Kurtaran, H ^b   Marzougui, D ^a   Kan, C D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Approximate optimization; Hypervelocity impact; SPH simulation; Whipple Shield

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BALLISTICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROJECTILES; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

APPROXIMATE OPTIMIZATION; APPROXIMATE OPTIMIZATIONS; AREAL DENSITIES; AUTOMATED DESIGNS; BASE-LINES; DESIGN AUTOMATIONS; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS.; EXPLICIT DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENTS; HYDROCODE SIMULATIONS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; INTER-LAYERS; IRREGULAR SHAPES; LS-DYNA; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLVERS; OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGIES; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PARAMETRIC MODELS; PROJECTILE MASSES; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY.; SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS; SPH SIMULATION; SPHERICAL PROJECTILES; VARYING THICKNESSES; WHIPPLE SHIELD; WHIPPLE SHIELDS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 56949084597     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.07.057     Document Type: Article

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