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Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Methods for Earth Penetrating Weapon Applications

Brown, Kevin H.; Burns, Shawn P.; Christon, Mark A.; Burns, Shawn P.

This report provides a review of the open literature relating to numerical methods for simulating deep penetration events. The objective of this review is to provide recommendations for future development of the ALEGRA shock physics code to support earth penetrating weapon applications. While this report focuses on coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian methods, a number of complementary methods are also discussed which warrant further investigation. Several recommendations are made for development activities within ALEGRA to support earth penetrating weapon applications in the short, intermediate, and long term.