Chapter 6 Euler Blast (Ideal Gas) Solver

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Overview
Efficient and accurate solution of blast problems

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Multi-dimensional implementation of the explicit FCT (Flux Corrected Transport) formulation of Boris & Book

Rectangular cells aligned with coordinate directions

Grid can be graded

Hydrodynamic inviscid flow

Single ideal gas per Part
No void regions Unused regions can model rigid structures

In-flow and Out-flow boundaries Joined Parts Coupling to Lagrange solvers Extensive Remapping options
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Example: Urban Blast

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Detonation and expansion of 1000kg charge initially modelled as a 1D spherical calculation using the AUTODYN 2D multi-material Euler solver
Models the detonation of the explosive accurately Uses a very high resolution mesh

Results are remapped into an AUTODYN 3D Ideal Gas Solver mesh as initial conditions
At large expansions, detonation products behave like air, so HE and Air can be combined into a single material (Air)

Allows assessment of the effects of building confinement on the propagation of blast waves

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Example: Urban Blast

1D Spherically Diverging Detonation Wave (AUTODYN 2D Multi-material Euler Solver)

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Initial material locations

Final material locations

Final pressure profile

Final pressure contours

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Example: Urban Blast

Urban Blast

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Example: Explosion in a Building

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Example: Explosion in a Building

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Refine and Block Remap

Refine lets you refine a rectilinear 3D mesh by subdividing existing cells into multiple cells
You specify the number of subdivision to be used in the I, J and K directions Primarily used for Euler FCT meshes, but can also be used for Lagrange, ALE and MM Euler

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Block Remap performs a fast remap from a refined mesh to the unrefined mesh

Before Refinement
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After Refinement
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Fill Block
Imports a meshed and filled Euler Ideal Gas Solver Part from an external file External file includes:
The (I,J,K) range spanned by the data The (X,Y,Z) dimensions for a single cell (all cells are the same size) A flag for each cell:
0 Cell is part of a structure (unused) 1 Cell is filled with air 2 Cell is filled with air and assigned a gauge

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Data source: Risk Management Solutions and Sanborn Map Co.

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Staged Blast Calculations

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Fill Block, Refine and Block Remap can be used together to perform large range staged blast calculations

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

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Multi-dimensional Remapping

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Accuracy can be maximized, by remapping blast solutions from 1D to 2D to 3D

1D (spherical)

2D (axial) 3D
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Workshop 5: Urban Blast

Goal:
Model a Explosive blast in an urban environment

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Procedure:
Start AUTODYN standalone Set up and solve a problem using 2D Axial Symmetry to model the initial spherical blast Set up a 3D problem to model the urban area of the blast Remap the results from the 2D model into the 3D model as initial conditions Run the 3D solve

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