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DEVELOPMENT OF AN EULERIAN FINITE ELEMENT CODE

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 5987
Amount: $497,859.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
3801 Eubank Ne
Albuquerque, NM 87111
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Timothy J Ross
 (505) 242-1152
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Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

CURRENT NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS TO DESCRIBE NUCLEAR GROUND SHOCK ENVIRONMENTS, NUCLEAR CRATER FORMATION, IMPACT DYNAMICS AND PENETRATION MECHANISMS PRESENTLY EMPLOY EULERIAN-BASED FINITE DIFFERENCE CODES BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO MODEL THE MASS FLUX PHENOMENA IN TRACKING MATERIAL MOVEMENT THROUGH THE DISCRETIZED SPACE. THE FINITE DIFFERENCE CODES SUFFER IN COMPARISON TO FINITE ELEMENT CODES, HOWEVER, IN THEIR ABILITY TO TREAT IRREGULAR GEOMETRIES AND VARIATIONS IN BOTH MESH SIZE AND ELEMENT SHAPE. BUT, BECAUSE FINITE ELEMENT CODES ARE LAGRANGIAN-BASED, MODELING OF MASS FLOW IS EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT AND IS NOT PRESENTLY PRACTICED. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE OVERCOME BY ELIMINATING THE INABILITY OF FINITE ELEMENT CODES TO ACCOMMODATE MASS FLUX PHENOMENA.

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