Underwater shock analysis

These benchmark problems validate that Abaqus can accurately simulate the response of submerged structures of simple geometric shapes to various underwater explosions.


In this section:

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