Modeling turbine-missile impacts using the HONDO finite-element code

Technical Report · Sat Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5616426· OSTI ID:5616426

Schuler, K W

Calculations have been performed using the dynamic finite element code HONDO to simulate a full scale rocket sled test. In the test a rocket sled was used to launch at a velocity of 150 m/s (490 ft/s), a 1527 kg (3366 lb) fragment of a steam turbine rotor disk into a structure which was a simplified model of a steam turbine casing. In the calculations the material behavior of and boundary conditions on the target structure were varied to assess its energy absorbing characteristics. Comparisons are made between the calculations and observations of missile velocity and strain histories of various points of the target structure.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5616426
• Report Number(s): SAND-80-2627; ON: DE82006875
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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