Computational ballistics II / editors, V. Sanchez-Galvez ... [and others]

Section 1: Terminal ballistics Analytical and numerical simulations of ballistic impact on composite lightweight armours Impact behavior of hybrid rubber materials under rifle shooting Numerical simulation of the tumbling of kinetic energy projectiles after impact on ceramic/metal armours Analysis of the kinetic energy transfer to the target during impact of the antitank projectiles Simulation of a ballistic impact of a deformable bullet upon a multilayer fabric package The use of 3D numerical simulations for the interaction of long rods with moving plates Modeling the 14.5 mm BS41 projectile for ballistic impact computations Reinforcement through retrofit of fiber/epoxy composites Recent advances in Lagrangian computations for ballistics problems involving severe distortions Section 2: Fluid structure interactions Response of model structure to the proximity of an underwater explosion Simulation of sympathetic detonation by a CIP Eulerian code Modelling missile impact and explosion by a finite/discrete element gas-solid interaction Numerical analysis of the interactive behavior of concrete structures under explosive loading GRALE2D - an explicit finite element code for two-dimensional plane and axi-symmetric multi-material ALE simulations Section 3: Perforation and penetration mechanics Effect of lateral confinement on penetration efficiency as a function of impact velocity Improvement of penetration performance of linear shaped charges A computational study of ballistic transparencies Influence of the constitutive relation in numerical simulations of the perforation of steel plates Resistant performance of perforation of layered targets using an estimation procedure with marine application Section 4: High rate loads, shock and impact Computer simulation of an F-4 Phantom crashing into a reinforced concrete wall Impact of boulders on granular strata:a geotechnical rheological model Deformation and failure behaviour of Ti 6Al 4V alloy under high rate shear loading Dynamic compression failure of two metals at 0.5 and 1.5 Gpa Modelling, simulation and experimental investigation of plates subjected to blast loading conditions Section 5: Interior ballistics Minimisation of accelerations during load ejection Numerical analysis for double-base propellant combustion Nonsteady interior ballistics of cylindrical grain solid rocket motors Two-phase flow simulation for interior ballistics Section 6: Fluid flow and aerodynamics Analytical calculation of trajectories using a power law for the drag coefficient variation with Mach number Numerical calculation of the unsteady gas flow around a projectile moving through a gun barrel Study of asymmetric vortical flow on forebody at high angle of attack The use of computer algebra and nonlinear optimisation for real time computation of fire orders for direct fire High performance computation of compressible flows on the Cray X1 Unconstrained flight and stability analysis of a flexible rocket using a detailed finite-element based procedure Section 7: Systems and technology Ballistics studies applied to offshore platforms Computational support of the development of a mortar simulator with re-usable shells Fire control algorithms and software for the modular naval artillery concept (MONARC) of the German navy

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