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Title: Shell Element Material Model Verification Problems for DYNA3D

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1569660· OSTI ID:1569660
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

A suite of shell element material model verification tests were developed for the explicit finite element program DYNA3D. Each test consists of a single quadrilateral shell element, whose nodal displacements and rotations have been prescribed such that the deformation of the material is fully controlled throughout the analysis. At one of the element’s integration points, the numerically computed stress, through-thickness strain, and equivalent plastic strain are compared against closed-form reference solutions that are derived to be consistent with the theory of finite deformation elasto-plasticity. A collection of 31 feature-specific verification tests are proposed, each of which may be used to verify all models which share in common the tested feature of interest. For each material model, a subset of these tests are selected and used to verify the correct behavior of all features of the model. The collective suite of tests cover 26 of the 27 currently available material models in DYNA3D. In the course of developing the proposed test suite, 18 implementation bugs were identified and have subsequently been resolved.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1569660
Report Number(s):
LLNL-TR-792469; 991690
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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