INNOVATIVE MESHLESS APPROACH FOR SHAPED CHARGES MODELLING VS EXPLOSIVE REACTIVE ARMOR

We focus on shaped charges modeling. Combining large deformations, numerous interface productions and strong damages mechanism, those events are numerically challenging. Eulerian finite element methods are classically used. However, they induce very long computation times, accuracy losses and need opening criteria to deal with failure. Among the Lagrangian approaches the meshless methods called Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics appears as a relevant alternative to prevent such shortcomings. We propose to use an alternative scheme called   -SPH-ALE. Based on the ALE framework, it achieves robust and consistent stabilization through an arbitrary description of motion. Its implementation on a Viper shaped charge shows that the scheme handles the jet generation process as well as its resulting interaction with an ERA target. Both stability and accuracy are increased with respect to classical approaches. Also, taking advantage of GPU computing, such results are achieved in reduced computation times with respect to classical CPU implementations.