Predicting fracture and fragmentation in ceramic using a thermo-mechanical basis

In this paper, the corrective smoothed particle method (CSPM) numerical algorithm as a modification of traditional SPH particle method has been employed to predict fracture and fragmentation in ceramics using a thermo-mechanical basis under hypervelocity impact conditions. In order to study the brittle behavior in ceramic, the JHB computational constitutive model which considers phase transition in a solid continuum has been applied. An appropriate heat conduction equation has been coupled with the Johnson–Cook yield criteria in order to get more accurate temperature field especially in impact zone which consequently gives a more exact solution in such problems coming with highly produced magnitude of pressure and temperature in the material. It has been shown that implementation of the CSPM scheme with a thermo-mechanical basis can predict the brittle fracture and fragmentation in ceramics under hyper velocity impact conditions.