Cavitation effects on a ship-like box structure subjected to an underwater explosion
By: Steven L. Wood
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
Description: Shock trials are required for the lead ship of each new construction shock hardened ship class. Live fire shock trials are both complex and expensive. Finite element modeling and simulation provides a viable cost effective alternative to live fire shock trials. This thesis investigates the effect of bulk and local cavitation on a three-dimensional ship-like box model. The fluid surrounding the structure is modeled to capture the effect of cavitation. Viable results validate the modeling and simulation method used and provide the basis for further investigation into the use of fluid modeling in underwater explosion simulation.
Notes: "September 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Young S. Shin.

Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116)

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US Navy (USN) author.

dk/dk cc:9116 11/4/98.