Shock Analysis of Underwater Explosion Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

A blasting process includes large deformations and inhomogeneities caused by shock waves as well as the detonation gases generated by explosives. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a meshless and complete Lagrangian method. The properties of SPH method can overcome the difficulty of a simulation in a blasting process. In this study, the simulation of an underwater explosion using SEP (Safety Explosives) as a cylindrical high explosive is carried out to confirm the advantage of SPH method for the analysis in a blasting process. The Euler equations are used for the governing equations of both water and the detonation products of the explosive. The Jones-Wilkins-Lee (JWL) equation and the Mie-Gru¨neisen equation are used as the equation of states for the detonation products and water, respectively. The two-dimensional and axisymmetrical simulation in cylindrical coordinate system is adopted to analyze the underwater explosion. The simulation result is compared with the experimental result and shows that SPH method can well simulate the underwater explosion.