High Speed Impacts 

Numerical Simulation

BlazeTech has been developing both dynamic finite element and meshless codes to simulate high speed impact and penetration problems. Click the image below for a video of the impact on a semi-infinite steel plate by a Tungsten projectile, simulated by the Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics method.

Testing and Engineering Models

BlazeTech has been conducting several projects to determine damage caused to aerospace structures by high velocity impacts. Impacts can be caused by meteorites or space debris colliding with spacecraft or by ballistic threats against conventional aircraft and weapons. Impacting fragments can hit fuel tanks, engines, electronics, or mechanical components. BlazeTech's models determine overall damage depending on the type of threat and the threat velocity as well as the impacted area of the structure.