INFLUENCE OF ELEMENT SIZE IN A CASE OF IMPACT SIMULATION
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of data resulting from the same material constitutive model, based on experimental data and model developed by Johnson and Cook. The same case of impacting a cylindrical body on a perfectly rigid target was run with four different mesh size (2 mm, 1 mm, 0.5 mm and 0.25 mm). Here, the comparing criterion was the maximum value of von Mises stress and the authors pointed out that the finest mesh here presented is closer to reality. Depending on the case application the engineers could adopt a finer or coarse mesh, but not so coarse to denaturate the reality of body deformation and failure. How to decide? Having performant computer resources (hardware and software) and running several mesh in order to notice the convergence of one parameter or, more reliable, a set of criteria that could include qualitative resemblance with actual bodies as concerning failure and deformation, experimental dat on strain, yield and failure of the involved materials, values of stress and strain, at the same time moments. From this study the following conclusions were formulated: finer mesh presents a earlier failure in time and calculated a higher stress for these moment.
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