NHSE Software Catalog

ALE3D - An Arbitrary Lagrange/Eulerian 3D Code System

abstract

ALE3D is 3D Lagrangian/Eulerian hydrodynamics with material strength in
the kbar to mbar regime, developed to model the behavior of objects
undergoing gross deformation. This code employs arbitrarily connected
hexahedra with 8 nodes per element and no degenerate or tetrahedra
elements. Structural shell and beam elements have been included in the
code.

description

http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/meiko/apps/futral/futral.html

contact

Scott Futral / futrals@llnl.gov

keywords

simulation; hydrodynamics; application program

publication-date

01 November 1994

method

momentum-conserving algorithm

application

stress gradients, strain rates, metal forming process, material modeling