
3. Modeling "soft" shocks
3.1 Application of solid mechanics
When two solids come into contact, they exert equal but opposite forces on each side, in application of the action-reaction principle. In the absence of any external action on the system composed of the two moving bodies, conservation of momentum yields the relationship (8) below:
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Bibliography
Software tools
Abaqus/explicit http://www.simulia.com
Autodyn http://www.ansys.com
Europlexus http://www.samtech.com
Standards and norms
- Eurocode 1 – Actions on structures – Part 1-1: General actions – Accidental actions - NF EN 1991-1-7 - 2007
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