Hi all,
I've been tasked with a problem and need to get my head around LaGrange-Eulerian contact.
Overview.
I have a plate structure positioned over an explosive. The Structure is mesh size 10mm. The explosive, air and ground are eulerian elements 25mm size.
Problem
When the explosive strikes the structure, one of two things occur. Either the volume fraction of explosive penetrates the plate and the plate deforms (I find this occurs with Stfval = 38500, gap = 38) or the volume fraction of explosive does not penetrate the plate but the plate remains largely undeformed with very small displacement (I find this occurs with Stfval > 100,000, gap = 38). Am assuming speed of sound to be 3000m/sec (best I could find for explosive). To my mind, the volume fraction should not penetrate the plate.
Am a bit puzzled by the apparent lack of deflection in the structure when the explosive hits the structure. Output for the contact is giving me approximately the same force in all cases - although higher values of Stfval are giving higher forces (between 6.5-8e6N). There does seem to by much more contact energy in the lower Stfval runs. So I am tad confused.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Andy
