Chapter 6 Euler Blast (Ideal Gas) Solver
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Overview
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• Efficient and accurate solution of blast problems – 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 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary © 2009 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.
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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
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1D Spherically Diverging Detonation Wave (AUTODYN 2D Multi-material Euler Solver)
Initial material locations
Final pressure profile
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Final material locations
Final pressure contours
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Example: Urban Blast
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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
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• 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
• Block Remap performs a fast remap from a refined mesh to the unrefined mesh
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After Refinement
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Fill Block
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• 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) Data source: Risk Management Solutions and Sanborn Map Co.
• 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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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
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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)
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Workshop 5: Urban Blast
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Goal: Model a Explosive blast in an urban environment
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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