Underwater Shock in the Far-Field from a Distribution of Charges

Abstract

An acoustic model incorporating seabed, sea surface and cavitation effects is used to predict the far field underwater shock from a distribution of explosive charges. A comparison of model predictions with experimental data for phenomena that cannot be considered strictly acoustic show that such a model provides a useful first approximation, and illustrates some of the errors resulting from the simplifying assumption of an acoustic process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253458

Entities

People

  • Paul Van Der Schaaf

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Australia
  • Cavitation
  • Classification
  • Detonations
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Explosives Initiators
  • Far Field
  • Flux Density
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Near Field
  • Shock Waves
  • Underwater Explosions

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation