Application of high velocity impact dynamics in today’s engineering practice allows, among other things, accounting for the effects of penetrating fragments, accidental loads, and collisions on various structures. Accurate computational simulation of ballistic impact events can provide physical insight into the perforation process that might be beyond experimental ability, shorten the product development cycle, and reduce cost in various industries.

This tech brief focuses on conducting accurate numerical simulations of ballistic impact events. The high velocity perforation process associated with these events is very complex, and this brief demonstrates the utility of Abaqus/Explicit as a tool for both modeling and analyzing these events to achieve good agreement between simulation and physical data. The use of Abaqus allows for the assessment of the projectile residual velocities and time-resolved kinematics.

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