Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / Shock trials are required for the lead ship of each new construction shock hardened ship class. Live fire shock trials are both complex and expensive. Finite element modeling and simulation provides a viable cost effective alternative to live fire shock trials. This thesis investigates the effect of bulk and local cavitation on a three-dimensional ship-like box model. The fluid surrounding the structure is modeled to capture the effect of cavitation. Viable results validate the modeling and simulation method used and provide the basis for further investigation into the use of fluid modeling in underwater explosion simulation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/8066 |
| Date | 01 September 1998 |
| Creators | Wood, Steven L. |
| Contributors | Shin, Young S., Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, it may not be copyrighted. |
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