Hypervelocity impact simulation using membrane particle-elements

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1497-1502

  Bohannan, A ^a   Fahrenthold, E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid particle finite element method; Impact simulation; Kevlar; Membrane particle elements

Indexed keywords

NASA; SPACE PLATFORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; HYBRID PARTICLE-FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYBRID PARTICLES; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT SIMULATION; JOHNSON SPACE CENTERS; KEVLAR; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MATERIAL MODELS; SHEAR THICKENING FLUIDS; SIMULATION RESULTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 56949106653     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.07.030     Document Type: Article

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