Numerical Analysis of Missile Impacts on Reinforced Concrete Slabs

Abstract

This paper presents numerical missile impact analyses on a reinforced concrete slab by using the Finite Element (FE) analyses modeling with ABAQUS/Explicit. The FE model resembles a structure used in the hard missile impact tests. Two different build-in constitutive models for concrete in ABAQUS/Explicit, the Brittle Cracking Model and the Concrete Damaged Plasticity Model, are compared with each other. The results were in a good agreement with the tests results, especially with the laboratory results and the simplified methods.