Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME)

Structural Scale Simulations

Finite element simulation of a side impact Nissan quest van:[1]

Car smash video

A comparative study of design optimisation methodologies for side-impact crashworthiness, using injury-based versus energy-based criterion:[2]

dummy smashed with car door

Dodge Neon side impact:[2][3]

car frame ramming into a car
car smashing in the middle

Dodge Neon front impact:[2]

car hitting a wall

Finite element analysis of a front end BMW crash showing the dummy strike to the airbag [1]

BMW smashing the wall and deploying air bags

Crash of an all steel vehicle[1]

little car smashing in front

Pam crash front end simulation of a dodge neon impact. [4]

slow motion crash

Neon96 front end offset crash. [5]

car crash into pink box

Neon96 front end crash. [6]

car crash into yellow wall

Neon96 side impact crash. [6]

car frame crashing into side of the car

Finite element analysis of bus impact:

truck hitting a bus

Magnesium Corvette cradle finite element simulation showing the design stresses. [1]

blue frame bending

Finite element simulation of a Cadillac a356 aluminum cast control arm illustrating fracture location. [7]

blue frame bending arm with chart

A study on the effect of impacts to the head in a football helmet:

green helmet

NOCSAE drop test of Riddell 360 Football helmet with and without face mask attached by Alston Rush (RPPS):

helmet being squashed

NOCSAE drop test of Rawlings Quantum Plus Football helmet with and without face mask attached by Alston Rush (RPPS):

helmet being squashed

Bat to ball impact:[1]

line moving, bat

A study on the structure and mechanical behavior of the Terrapene carolina carapace:A pathway to design bio-inspired synthetic composites:[8]

blue brain scan

High strain rate deformation of polycarbonate. Shown as a difference image between successive frames, so movement triggers an intensity other than gray:

concrete break

High strain rate deformation of polycarbonate:

concrete break in container

Tube forming process from sheet steel:

rings rolling

Pressure wave propagation at hyoid bone:

tennis racket bent

A7 steel tension test performed on an Instron 5882:

steel break

A study on the effects of blast loading and failure of a building exterior cladding and its column collapse: [9]

telephone line
column crushed

A simulation using Active Mesh Refinement to model spalling of metal from 2D penetrating fragment and 3D bullet impact:

velocity magnitude
bullet crash into cast

A simulation of high velocity bullet impacting a square composite plate:

bullet in square plate

Internal State Variable Plasticity Damage Modeling of Copper Tee-Shaped Tube Hydroforming Process[10]

pipe pushing up

A different viewpoint[10]

pipe pushing up front view

One more viewpoint[10]

pipe inside

CTH simulation showing a bullet penetrating a metal armor[1]

bullet hitting through line

Application of internal state variable plasticity and damage models to welding[11]

blue cone with ring in middle

Finite element simulation of Columbia Space Shuttle foam impact on the graphite-epoxy composite nose cone[1]

sheet going through bullet

Finite element simulation of Columbia Space Shuttle foam impact on the foam panels[1]

sheet going through ramp

CTH simulation of Chicxulub meteor strike[12]

box explosions

A rock going through the groove of a tire simulation on a road[1]

bullet going down red

Finite element simulation of the front edge of the Des Moines ice sheet showing surging[13]

blue scale factor

Simulation of the temperature excursions for a powder metal experiencing a LENS process.[14]

blue circle graph

Finite element simulation of a door stamp process[1]

red car

Hydrodynamic Modeling of Impact Craters in Ice [15]

ball falling down in blue

Studying the Impact of a Meteor [1]

growing whale tail
light blue graph

Ice Copper Impact [16]

green into blue

Ford Truck Running into a Barrier [17]

truck hitting wall

Friction Stir Weld Fatigue Crack [18]

break into grey

References

  1. Unpublished
  2. Horstemeyer, M.F.; X.C. Ren; H. Fang; E. Acar; P.T. Wang, "A comparative study of design optimisation methodologies for side-impact crashworthiness,using injury-based versus energy-based criterion," International Journal of Crashworthiness, 1754-2111, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 2009, 125–138. - link
  3. H. Fang, K. Solanki, M.F. Horstemeyer, “Numerical simulations of multiple vehicle crashes and multidisciplinary crashworthiness optimization,” International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol. 10 (2), pp. 161-171, 2005.
  4. Horstemeyer, M.F., Yang, N., Gall, K.A., McDowell, D.L., Fan, J., and Gullett, P., “High Cycle Fatigue on a Die Cast AZ91E-T4 Magnesium alloy,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 52, pp. 1327-1336, 2004.
  5. H. Fang, K. Solanki, M.F. Horstemeyer, “Numerical simulations of multiple vehicle crashes and multidisciplinary crashworthiness optimization,” International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol. 10 (2), pp. 161-171, 2005.
  6. Fang, H., Rais-Rohani, M., Liu, Z., Horstemeyer, M.F., “A Comparative Study of Metamodeling Methods for Multiobjective Crashworthiness Optimization,” Computers and Structures, Vol. 83/25-26, pp. 2121-2136, 2005.
  7. Horstemeyer, M.F., Osborne, R., and Penrod, D., “Microstructure-Property Analysis and Optimization of a Control Arm, American Foundary Society, AFS Transactions, 02-036, pp. 297-314, 2002. Horstemeyer, M.F., Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for Metals: Reinvigorating Engineering Design with Science, Wiley Press, 2012. Yin, X., Lee, S., Chen, W., Liu, W.K., Horstemeyer, M.F. “A multiscale design approach with random field representation of material uncertainty,” 2008 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC 2008, v 1, n PART A, p 113-122, 2009, 2008 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC 2008.
  8. H. Rhee, M.F. Horstemeyer,Y. Hwang,H. Lim,H. El Kadiri, W. Trim "A study on the structure and mechanical behavior of the Terrapene carolina carapace:A pathway to design bio-inspired synthetic composites," Materials Science and Engineering,29 (2009) 2333–2339-link
  9. Wince, J. and Vaughan, D., Development of High Fidelity Physics Based Fast Running Model for Progressive Collapse Assessment of Above Ground Fixed Structures, Proceedings of the AIAA Missile Science Conference, November 2006.
  10. Crapps, J., Marin, EB, Horstemeyer, MF, Yassar, R, and Wang, PT, "Internal State Variable Plasticity Damage Modeling of Copper Tee-Shaped Tube Hydroforming Process," J. Matls. Proc. Tech, ASME, 1726-1737, 2010.
  11. Dike, J.J.; Ortega, A.R.; Bammann, D.J.; Lathrop, J.F., "Application of internal state variable plasticity and damage models to welding," June 1997.
  12. Mowry, J.L., "High Strain Rate Finite Element Simulations," Mississippi State University, August 2007.
  13. Sherburn, M. S., Horstemeyer, M. F., Solanki, K., "Simulation Analysis of Glacial Surging in the Des Moines Ice Lobe, 2008".
  14. Wang, L., Pratt, P, Felicelli, S, El Kadiri, H, Berry, J., Wang, P, and Horstemeyer, MF, “Pore Formation in Laser-Assisted Powder Deposition Process,” J. Manuf. Sci. Eng.,Volume 131, Issue 5, 051008, 2009.
  15. Sherburn, J and Horstemeyer, MF, Hydrodynamic Modeling of Impact Craters in Ice, Int J. Impact Engineering, Vol. 37, No.1 , pp. 37-46, 2010.
  16. Sherburn, J and Horstemeyer, MF, Hydrodynamic Modeling of Impact Craters in Ice, Int J. Impact Engineering, Vol. 37, No.1 , pp. 37-46, 2010.
  17. Horstemeyer, M.F., Solanki, K., and Steele, W.G. Uncertainty Methodologies to Characterize Damage Evolution Model, Plasticity 2005, Kauai (Hawaii), Jan 4-8, 2005.
  18. Jordon, JB, Horstemeyer, M.F.; Grantham, J.; Badarinarayan, H., “Fatigue evaluation of friction stir spot welds in magnesium sheets,” Magnesium Technology, p 267-271, 2010, Magnesium Technology 2010.