Souli, M.1, Aquelet, N.2, Al-Bahkali, E.3, Moatamedi, M.4
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.91, No.2, pp. 119-133, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.091.119
Abstract To simulate accurately a pressure wave propagation problem, a fine mesh is required in order to capture peak pressures accurately. This may require a very large size problem with several millions of elements. To reduce CPU time and prevent high mesh distortion, a two-dimensional problem for blast ignition and pressure propagation is performed first on a fixed Eulerian mesh. When the pressure wave gets closer to the structure, a three dimensional ALE simulation follows, where the fluid mesh and structure mesh at the fluid structure interface are coincident. The three dimensional problem is performed after mapping history variables from the… More >