Fracturing, cracking, fragmentation, and spalling are all damage phenomena that do not meet the laws of material behavior, only valid when they are intact.
Damage laws must be used in perforation or penetration calculations and take into account the material’s fracture parameters such as fracture toughness, elongation at break, etc.
We use proven behavioral models and experimentally validated damage models for the most realistic simulations possible. Our library of behavior and damage models is continuously fed by the experiments we conduct every day in our laboratory.
