<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The main application of underwater detonation since the Second World War is to destroy military ships. Nowadays, a lot of studies are performed in order to discover a controlled and safe application of shock waves through different media. The paper presents the results of a research on a bubble curtain behaviour subjected to shock waves generated by an underwater TNT blast. The main objective was to analyze the mitigation solution of underwater explosion effects by means of gas bubbles. Simulations using ANSYS AUTODYN and explicit dynamics procedures were performed on a 3D model, in order to better understand the physical process of formation and propagation of a shock wave in the biphasic medium which represents the purpose of many researchers. The numerical simulations were performed taking into account the interaction between a shock wave and the bubble curtain considering a random distribution in space and bubble dimensions.</p></abstract>

The main application of underwater detonation since the Second World War is to destroy military ships. Nowadays, a lot of studies are performed in order to discover a controlled and safe application of shock waves through different media. The paper presents the results of a research on a bubble curtain behaviour subjected to shock waves generated by an underwater TNT blast. The main objective was to analyze the mitigation solution of underwater explosion effects by means of gas bubbles. Simulations using ANSYS AUTODYN and explicit dynamics procedures were performed on a 3D model, in order to better understand the physical process of formation and propagation of a shock wave in the biphasic medium which represents the purpose of many researchers. The numerical simulations were performed taking into account the interaction between a shock wave and the bubble curtain considering a random distribution in space and bubble dimensions.

Aspects Regarding Shock Wave Mitigation Through Different Media

MILITARY TECHNICAL ACADEMY, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

“NICOLAE BĂLCESCU” LAND FORCES ACADEMY, SIBIU, ROMANIA

Scientific Bulletin

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The main application of underwater detonation since the Second World War is to destroy military ships. Nowadays, a lot of studies are performed in order to...

Aspects Regarding Shock Wave Mitigation Through Different Media

Published Online: Mar 02, 2016

Page range: 49 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsaft-2015-0008

Keywords
Simulation, biphasic medium, shock weave, explicit dynamics

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Aspects Regarding Shock Wave Mitigation Through Different Media

Published Online: Mar 02, 2016

Page range: 49 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsaft-2015-0008

KeywordsSimulation, biphasic medium, shock weave, explicit dynamics

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Simulation, biphasic medium, shock weave, explicit dynamics