Simulation of blast-loaded thin steel plates with slits by EUROPLEXUS
This report presents some EUROPLEXUS [1] simulations of thin steel plates with slits that have been tested in the SIMLab Shock Tube Facility (SSTF) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. The SSTF is able to generate a clean and repeatable blast-like pressure loading without resorting to the use of explosives.
The simulations presented here concern blast-like loading (in the SSTF shock tube) of thin steel plates with pre-formed X-shaped slits. The presence of these initial defects triggers the formation and propagation of cracks, eventually leading to complete failure of the plate (for sufficiently high firing pressures).
CASADEI Folco;
VALSAMOS Georgios;
LARCHER Martin;
AUNE Vegard;
2023-09-11
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC134674
978-92-68-07185-4 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31650 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-650-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC134674,
10.2760/016742 (online),
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