Computations and experiments of pressure loadings from underwater explosion bubbles

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 351, Issue , 1997, Pages 17-27

  Szymczak, William G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS;

UNDERWATER EXPLOSION BUBBLES;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0030717930     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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