The influence of boundary conditions on the loading of rectangular plates subjected to localised blast loading - Importance in numerical simulations

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-52

  Bonorchis, D ^a   Nurick, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ABAQUS; AUTODYN; Impulse transfer; Localised blast load; Simulation validation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; BALLISTICS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; EXPERIMENTS; LOADING; PENDULUMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; AUTODYN; BALLISTIC PENDULUMS; BLAST LOADINGS; BLAST LOADS; DEFORMABLE PLATES; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; IMPULSE TRANSFER; INDEPENDENT SETS; LOADING MODELS; LOCALISED BLAST LOAD; MILD STEEL PLATES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PLATE DEFORMATIONS; PRESSURE LOADINGS; PRESSURE LOADS; RECTANGULAR PLATES; SIMULATION VALIDATION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 57349191628     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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