IngentaConnect Blast simulation of explosives buried in saturated sand

Authors: Cheeseman, B.¹; Wolf, S.¹; Yen, C.¹; Skaggs, R.¹

Source: Fragblast, Volume 10, Numbers 1-2, -2/March-June 2006 , pp. 1-8(8)

Abstract:

Shallow buried explosives pose a significant threat to lightweight vehicles and their onboard personnel. To date, designers of lightweight vehicles are limited in their knowledge of what occurs during the blast. The high intensity, short term loading imparted by the explosion is enormously complex and can be significantly affected by a number of parameters including the size, shape, type, detonation point and depth of burial (DOB) of the explosive and the type, density and water content of the soil. Recent advancements in numerical simulations have enabled the complex blast event to be accurately modelled by coupling Eulerian and Lagrangian analyses: the former is well suited to modelling the blast and while the latter, the structural response. Further validation of the modelling technique is considered in the current paper, which details simulations performed utilising the coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian analysis to study the blast output of explosives buried in saturated sand. These experiments varied explosive charge size, its depth of burial, the target stand-off (SO) distance and the dimensions of the target plate. The investigation concludes with a discussion of the accuracy of the numerical simulations when compared with the experimental observations.

Keywords: Landmine; Finite element simulation; Impulse

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/13855140500432045

Affiliations: 1: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21005-5069

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