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.

• 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