Predictive simulation and experimental confirmation of the onset of instability of explosively driven shells

The detonation of explosives with thin shells can cause the shells to expand to over 200% strain at strain rates on the order of 10{sup 4} s{sup -1} before failure. Experimental data indicate the development and growth of multiple plastic instabilities lead to the formation of failure and fragmentation in the near periodic pattern. Presented are comparisons of the onset of instabilities from simulations and experimental data. At Los Alamos National Laboratory material models have been evolving for several years to simulate high strain-rate behavior. Our models include the effects of shock heating and damage evolutions as well as failure. The current edition of one of our models uses a tabular EOS, the PTW strength model, a modified Gurson yield surface to compute damage evolution, and a Johnson-Cook failure model. Presented are some of the details of these models. An experiment confirmed the temperature discontinuities.