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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 345-359.doi: 10.12382/bgxb.2021.0598

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Damage Characteristics of Underwater Explosion Shock Wave and Bubble Load on Typical Cylindrical Shell Structure

ZHANG Yifan1, LIU Liangtao1*(), WANG Jinxiang1**(), LI Heng2, TANG Kui1   

  1. 1 National Key Laboratory of Transient Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, China
    2 Naval Academy of Armament, Beijing 100161, China
  • Received:2021-09-03 Online:2022-06-09
  • Contact: WANG Jinxiang LIU Liangtao

Abstract:

To investigate the damage characteristics of the near-field explosion shock wave load and bubble load on the typical cylindrical shell structure of a scaled-down torpedo, the ALE method was conducted and the effects of explosion distance and charge position on the deformation and damage characteristics of the cylindrical shell structure were explored. The validity of the numerical simulation method was verified by comparing it with the experimental results of the evolution process of the explosion bubble near the wall. The interaction between the explosion bubble and the cylindrical shell was studied under different explosion distances and charge positions, and the damage mechanism of different forms of load such the shock wave, bubble pulsation, and water jet on the cylindrical shell structure was analyzed in detail. The results showed that the damage effect of the shock wave on the cylindrical shell structure is strongly influenced by explosion distance; the increase of explosion distance sharply weakens the damage caused by the shock wave on the cylindrical shell, while the charge position of the cylindrical shell has a weaker effect on the damage of the shock wave; the damage to the cylindrical shell is significantly influenced by charge position; when the charge is arranged below the cylindrical shell, the shell generated the maximum plastic strain under the combined effects of bubble pulsation and water jet.

Key words: underwater explosion, cylindrical shell, stress and strain, explosion distance, bubble pulsation

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