Densification and Devitrification of Fused Silica Induced by Ballistic Impact: A Computational Investigation

Figure 2

(a) The computational model used in this portion of the work, consisting of two distinct subdomains for the projectile and the target-plate, and (b) close-up of the resulting fused-silica molecular-level random network topology. Larger ball sizes are used in this figure to highlight a pair of tetrahedra sharing a common oxygen atom.

(a)

(b)