Accession Number:
AD0752449
Title:
Elasto-Plastic Response of Plates to Blast Loading
Descriptive Note:
Final technical rept. Jul 1971-Aug 1972
Corporate Author:
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIV OF TECHNOLOGY (UNITED KINGDOM) DEPT OF TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1972-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
60.0
Abstract:
The report describes, in some detail, a proposed computer program for the dynamic analysis of elasto-plastic, thin, isotropic plates of rectangular planform. Specific dynamic loading is considered which is appropriate to a blastwave, namely, a spatially constant pressure with infinitesimal rise time, decaying rapidly to a suction peak and finally to ambient conditions. Account is taken of the large deformations of the plate, and fixed or simply-supported boundary conditions. Much of the program has been coded and step-by-step testing of the various subroutines is currently progressing. A flow chart of the main program is given as is a statement of the subroutine testing completed as at the publication date.
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Subject Categories:
- Computer Programming and Software
- Mechanics