Abstract: A coupling algorithm of finite element(FE) and smoothed particle hydrodynamics(SPH) is introduced.It couples FE calculation with SPH calculation by attaching particles to element segments.In the algorithm,a particle can be fixed to an arbitrary position of an element segment and an element segment can be attached to many particles simultaneously.This makes arrangements of particles and elements at the coupling interface free.The algorithm is applied to simulate stress-wave propagation and high-velocity impact problems.It shows that the algorithm has good accuracy in simulation of stress-wave propagation.In high-velocity impact problems it achieves nearly same accuracy with higher efficiency compared with pure SPH algorithms.

Key words: FE-SPH coupling algorithm, stress wave, impact, attaching