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2006 Int ANSYS Conf 361 PDF
2006 Int ANSYS Conf 361 PDF
X. Quan
Development Engineer
Century Dynamics, ANSYS, Inc.
• Introduction
• Methods of Space Discretization (MSD)
• Coupled Multi-Solver Approach
– Interaction/coupling among MSD
• Numerical Simulations
– Truck bomb explodes near a physical barrier
– Boeing 747 jet impacts physical barriers
• Conclusions
• Lagrange
– numerical grid moves with material
• Euler
– material moves through fixed numerical grids
• ALE (Arbitrary Lagrange Euler)
– rezoning the interior continuously
• Meshfree: Smooth Particles Hydrodynamics
– each particle is an interacting mass and
interpolation point
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Space Discretization
• Lagrange/Lagrange
– interactions between Lagrangian grids
– contact/slide surfaces
– best to simulate impact problems
• Euler/Lagrange
– coupling between Eulerian/Lagrangian grids
– best to simulate structural response to
explosive loadings
• Concrete is represented by
– 36,000 Lagrange solid elements
• Steel rebars are represented by
– 6,000 beam elements
• Explosive detonation and expansion of
gas products are modeled by Euler solvers
– from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 Euler-Ideal gas
elements in 3D simulations
• Euler/Lagrange coupling is applied
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Location of Bomb
Front View
Back View
Front View
Back View
5 m Detonation
Total Energy (µJ)
10 m Detonation
20 m Detonation
Time (ms)
• Concrete is represented by
– 56,000 solid elements for 1m thick wall
– 186,000 solid elements for 3m thick wall
• Steel rebars are represented by
– 16,000 beam elements
• Airplane is represented by
– 15,000 shell elements
• Lagrange/Lagrange interaction is applied
Front View
Back View
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Damage: 3m Thick
Front View
Back View
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Summary