Assessment of Pressure Waves Generated by Explosive Loading
D. Kakogiannis1, D. Van Hemelrijck1, J. Wastiels1, S. Palanivelu2, W. Van Paepegem2, J. Vantomme3, A. Kotzakolios4, V. Kostopoulos4
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.65, No.1, pp. 75-94, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.065.075
Abstract In the present study the estimation of the blast wave by two types of finite element methods is investigated: Eulerian multi-material modeling and pure Lagrangian. The main goal is to compare and study their ability to predict the clearing effect during blast. Element shape and improvements on the codes are also considered. For the Lagrangian finite element models the load is applied by using an empirical method, deriving from databases, for the time-spatial distribution of the pressure profiles. In the ideal case of the above method the blast load is applied as an equivalent triangular… More >