Computational Aspects of Penetration Mechanics : Proceedings of the Army Research Office Workshop on Computational Aspects of Penetration Mechanics Held at the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 27–29 April, 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-VII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Design of Radioactive Material Shipping Packaging for Low-Velocity Puncture Resistance....Pages 3-23 Status of the EPIC Codes, Material Characterization and New Computing Concepts at Honeywell....Pages 24-35 New Sliding Surface Techniques Enable Lagrangian Code to Handle Deep Target Penetration/Perforation Problems....Pages 36-46 Materials Issues in Computer Simulations of Penetration Mechanics....Pages 47-62 Impact on Laminated Composite Plates: A Review of Recent Computational Developments....Pages 63-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 A Survey of Penetration Mechanics for Long Rods....Pages 85-106 Some Examples of the Use of Continuum Mechanical Computational Models in the Development of Engineering Models....Pages 107-122 Rheology via Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics [1]....Pages 123-136 Notes on Softening and Local Instability....Pages 137-148 Comments on Some Problems in Computational Penetration Mechanics....Pages 149-165 Augmented Lagrangians in Finite Elasticity and in Plasticity....Pages 166-177 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Application of Front Tracking to Two-Dimensional Gas Dynamics Calculations....Pages 180-191 The Moving Finite Element Method: Strong Shock and Penetration Applications....Pages 192-209 On Mesh Stabilization Techniques for Underintegrated Elements....Pages 210-221