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CTH: A software family for multi-dimensional shock physics …

WebThe performance of the CTH shock physics code was evaluated on the Opteron cluster recently installed at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Major Shared Resource Center. Scalability trials were conducted using up to 2048 processors and involved the simulation of the yawed, oblique impact of a long rod penetrator with a thin plate. The scalability of … WebJun 2, 2000 · The Grady-Kipp fragmentation model provides a physically based method for determining the fracture and breakup of materials under high loading rates. Recently, this … newlincs efw facility

Simulating the Formation and Evolution of Behind Armor Debris …

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