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Rigid spherical projectile impacting ductile plate.

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lukemckaysmith

Aerospace
Nov 17, 2010
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I have built a model of a rigid projectile sphere (R3D4 elements), impacting 2 Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) plates. I have used Johnson Cook to model the damage.

The job runs and solves fine and I think the result is reasonable.

However in the simulation in the visualization module the failed elements remain in the model and I would prefer them to disappear. They seem to have zero strain and become huge enlarged elements. If anyone with experience in this field could make any suggestions for how I could make these failed elements shear off rather than remain attached?

Any other criticisms/ improvements would also be greatly appreciated.

Luke

 
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