Predictive characterization of debris from catastrophic fracture

A debris characterization apparatus comprising:

• a hydrocode modeling program for an object subject to catastrophic fracture into a plurality of debris fragments to produce a SPCTH file for first and second cells within a plurality of cells composed of at least one material, each cell having physical characteristics that include center spatial location and side length s, said first and second cells having a center-to-center distance d, said material including mechanical characteristics, said plurality of cells constituting a piece of said debris fragments;
• a translator to receive said SPCTH file to produce a DATAOUT file;
• a filter adapted to receive said DATAOUT file and create a filtered DATAOUT file;
• an ordering processor configured with software to receive said filtered DATAOUT file and reorder information contained in said filtered DATAOUT file and create a reordered DATAOUT file and an integer array object;
• an integer array database containing said integer array object;
• a connectivity processor configured with software to receive said reordered DATAOUT file and determine cell connectivity and create a plurality of connection objects to produce piece information, said connectivity processor identifying connectivity of said first and second cells to form said piece of said plurality of debris fragments, said connectivity being determined by whether said distance corresponds to d=s√{square root over (3)} and associated with said piece information;
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• a cell storage array database containing said piece information.