The most popular contact algorithms available in finite element computer codes are probably the so-called slide line (in 2D) and slide surface (in 3D) algorithms proposed by Hallquist and Benson. They are based on the notion of penetration of slave nodes into master segments (in 2D) or into...

Finite element or finite volume simulations for the development of blast waves by using a model for the explosion of the solid itself need very fine meshes in the explosive and in the zone around the explosive. Structures may have a long distance to the source of the explosive. This leads often...

The European Laboratory for Structural Assessment is currently designing a new test facility that should model the loading of structures by air blast waves without using explosives. The idea is to use a fast actuator that accelerates a mass, which impacts the structure under investigation....