BOTREF Code, Model 3 - A Computer Code for Predicting Target Response to Bottom Reflection of Underwater Explosion Shock Waves for Special Cases.

Abstract

This report describes a FORTRAN 4 computer code, BOTREF, Model 3, which is a modification of the original BOTREF Code developed at the Naval Surface Weapons Center. The primary reasons for modifying the code were twofold: (1) to reduce costly central processing time, and (2) to decrease central memory requirements. Like the original version of the program, it calculates the bottom-reflection pressure-time history of underwater explosion shock waves, where the bottom reflection is computed for incident exponential pulses and plane, homogeneous, elastic bottoms using a linear spherical-wave theory. Corrections for the nonlinear variations of the peak pressure and time constant with distance are included.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1974
Accession Number
ADA013186

Entities

People

  • E. M. Thorn

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Explosions
  • Reflection
  • Shock Waves
  • Spherical Waves
  • Underwater Explosions
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.