Computational Modelling of a Particulate Material under Blast Loading

Abstract:

Computational modelling is the most important method in research for their low cost, high efficiency. A porous particulate composite material made of glass flam and phenolic coating was studied in the paper. The particle in the composite is glass foam but simplified as non-porous solid ball to reduce simulation cost. A series of the composite material model with ball size range of 0.5-2 mm diameters, different unit cell size, interface thickness and compression speed were simulated and analysed in the manuscript.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 422)
• Pages: 20-23
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.422.20
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Jing Cang Liu*, Yi Zhi Liu, Kevin Brown, Richard Brooks
• Keywords: Computational Modelling, High Rate Impact, Particulate Material

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