Assessing the possibility of increasing the parameters of an underwater explosion by splitting the charge into separate parts

Article

Published: 23.06.2015

Authors: Klimachkov S.I., Ohitin V.N.

Published in issue: #4(40)/2015

DOI: 10.18698/2308-6033-2015-4-1395

Category: Mechanics | Chapter: Mechanics of Liquid, Gas, and Plasma

We numerically investigated the simultaneous explosion in the water of three and five spherical charges located in line with a spacing of 6 and 10 radii of the same charges. Comparison of the parameters of the explosion of a single and three and five charges of the same mass showed that in the plane of symmetry of the charges location there is an increase of the maximum pressure and the specific impulse of the aqueous shock wave up to 80%. As the distance between the charges is increasing, the gain on pressure decreases, and it increases on the specific impulse.

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