The Applicability of Scaling Laws to Underwater Shock Tests

Abstract

The applicability and limitations of classical scaling relationships are reviewed in relation to an AMRL investigation into the structural response of air backed plates to far field underwater explosions. It is intended that this investigation will determine the effects of charge size and disposition and a range of structural parameters on the structural response of submerged, air backed plates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA342636

Entities

People

  • David Saunders
  • Lloyd Hammond

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Response
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Scaling Laws
  • Shock Tests
  • Shock Waves
  • Strain Rate
  • Structural Response
  • Underwater Explosions
  • Wave Phenomena
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Theoretical Analysis.