Thanks..... the scientific paper you helped me write was just published... (Patreon)

As a Patron of Smarter Every Day, you were instrumental in helping me publish this scientific paper. You helped me make the video.... then you gave me the time to work on the paper. I thought you'd want to know that I acknowledged you in the paper itself. Making all the simulations work and getting this together took far more time than I care to admit. Here's the link: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251800 .

There are a lot of simulation videos included in the publication references I think you might enjoy exploring. If any of you are knowledgeable about LS-Dyna and are feeling adventurous I've included the simulation run cards so you can play with the simulation itself.

The main reason I wrote this paper is that over the course of the last couple of years I've been learning how to create explicit impact models. Many people have helped me learn how to do this... but there is a TON of stuff that I wish was all collected in one spot.This was written in the true spirit of Smarter Every Day. I started knowing nothing about this topic... but by asking questions and being ok with looking like an idiot in front of other people, slowly slowly things started to crystallize.

This paper serves as a how-to for impact modeling using Finite Element Analysis and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics. I did my best to write this in plain English that anyone could understand. I wish I had a paper like this to read before I started on my little journey! This is not the destination for the PhD... this is just a little part of it. I'm traveling a bit at the moment to work on the final research. It's pretty cool stuff, and I think you'll find it quite interesting.

I'm sure there's a ton of things I did wrong, but I'm proud of the effort. I think I've decided to make a video about what exactly this paper is saying.

Thanks again!

Regards,

Destin