These benchmark problems validate that Abaqus can accurately simulate the response of submerged structures of simple geometric shapes to various underwater explosions.
One-dimensional underwater shock analysis The submerged sphere problem The submerged infinite cylinder problem The one-dimensional cavitation problem Plate response to a planar exponentially decaying shock wave Cylindrical shell response to a planar step shock wave Cylindrical shell response to a planar exponentially decaying shock wave Spherical shell response to a planar step wave Spherical shell response to a planar exponentially decaying wave Spherical shell response to a spherical exponentially decaying wave Air-backed coupled plate response to a planar exponentially decaying wave Water-backed coupled plate response to a planar exponentially decaying wave Coupled cylindrical shell response to a planar step wave Coupled spherical shell response to a planar step wave Fluid-filled spherical shell response to a planar step wave Response of beam elements to a planar wave