Research Article

Similarity Law between Centrifuge Scale Test and Prototype Underwater Explosion

Table 2

Scaling similarity relation of dynamic parameters of underwater explosion [29].

ParametersDimensionPrototypeScale modelValue

Explosive radiusLR0λR0λ
Standoff distanceRλRλ
Explosion depthDλDλ
Bubble radiusRbλRbλ
LengthLλLλ
DisplacementLλLλ

PeriodTTbλTbλ

Explosion weightMWλ3Wλ3
Structure weightMλ3Mλ3

Water densityML−31
Explosion densityρcρc1

Fluid velocityLT−11
Detonation velocityUcUc1

Atmosphere pressureML−1T−2PatmPatm1
Shock wave peak pressurePmPm1
Bubble pulsation pressurePbmPbm1
Hydrostatic pressureP0P01
Strengthσmaxσmax1
Surface loadPP1
Stressσ = σmaxσ = σmax1
Stress-strain relationshipf = σ (ε)f = σ (ε)1

Strain1εε1

AccelerationLT−21