† EMRTC, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, U.S.A.
‡ FCDSWA, Kirtland, NM 87116, U.S.A.
* NSWC, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100, U.S.A.
Abstract:
Four improvements to Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics which enhance its ability to simulate hypervelocity impact are discussed and applied to the impact fracture of a steel cube on an aluminum plate at 2.2 km/s.