Study of damage to a high concrete dam subjected to underwater shock waves

To study the effect of a strong underwater shock wave on a concrete dam, this research aims to improve hammer impact methods in model tests. Six 1:200 scale models were designed and tested under distributed impact loads. A device was deployed for a direct measurement of the impact force at the upstream face of the dams. The model dam bases were anchored to prevent displacement. The experimental results indicate that the top part of the concrete dam is a weak zone, and the impact failure initiates with a fracture on the top of the dam. The peak value of impact stress increases when the second crack appears in the concrete dam from the upstream face to the downstream face. And, the level of the second crack in the dam body is lower as the peak value of impact stress increases. In this study, dynamic analysis was conducted by calculating the results to verify the effectiveness of a device to directly measure the impact force. This method may be used to approximately forecast the damage of concrete dam and may also be useful in other engineering applications.

Non-spherical symmetry development of underwater shock waves created by laser-induced breakdown

As a controllable alternative to cavitation collapse-induced shock waves,numerous cavitation studies on laser-induced breakdown have been carried out in hydromechanics.When the laser focusing region is not spherical,the shock waves caused by laser breakdown also exhibit non-spherical symmetry propagation.Recently,some researchers have proposed the linear superposition theory based on the far field measurement data to explain this asymmetry,assuming that it is essentially the linear superposition of multiple wave fronts caused by multiple points of laser-induced breakdown that leads to the asymmetric propagation of shock waves.In this study,measurements of shock wave propagation processes with different breakdown energies are carried out based on a nanosecond resolution photogrammetry system,and the propagation velocities of shock waves in different directions are directly measured using a double exposure technique on a single frame.In the experiment,the velocity of the shock wave at the beginning of the breakdown was measured up to nearly 4000 m/s.The early shock wave front was ellipsoidal,and the propagation velocity in the laser incident direction was generally slower than that in the perpendicular direction,decaying to the speed of sound in water within 1000 ns after the breakdown,and the wave front gradually approached to a circle.The variability of the shock wave front pressure ratio in the laser propagation direction and the vertical direction implies that the linear superposition theory applicable to the far field is not applicable to the near field.There may be more complex mechanism for the near-field shock wave propagation process.

Momentum Transfer on Underwater Shock Generation Induced by Pulsed Laser Irradiation with Thin Metal

The present paper has investigated the momentum transport phenomena of underwater shock wave generation in terms of photo-acoustic wave with a very thin metal. The shock wave was induced by a pulsed-laser irradiation. In order to clarify the momentum transport mechanics in this phenomenon, we have been considered the momentum and energy transport from laser to metal, and metal to water. A numerical solution of thermo-elastic wave in metal has been obtained to estimate a fundamental gain of the longitudinal wave. Then, the underwater shock wave phenomena have been analyzed by adapting compressible fluid dynamics with suitable boundary condition between the solid and liquid. We had performed an experiment as well and observed the shock wave with optical system. The aim of the research is to estimate the underwater shock wave strength theoretically. The metal region was calculated by Laplace transformation of heat conduction and wave equations. The water region was simulated by MacCormack’s method. Some of boundary conditions have been examined and the acceleration condition has been adopted at the interface. The simulated results show a good agreement with experimental result, consequently the momentum transfer mechanism from longitudinal wave to underwater shock wave has been cleared in the present report.

Numerical simulation for deformation of multi-layer steel plates under underwater impulsive loading

To further understand the dynamic deformation and impact resistance of thin-plate hull structure under impulse wave,the deformation of multi-layer steel plates under underwater impulsive loading has been studied by AUTODYN V6.1.In order to verify the validity of numerical methods,the experimental results are compared with the simulation results.The multi-layer plate types include 1 mm + 3 mm,2 mm + 2 mm,3 mm + 1 mm double-layer,and 4 mm monolayer annealed 304 stainless steel plates.Each type of target plates has four flyer plate's velocities.There are 150,200,250 m /s and 300 m /s.The pressure wave histories in water and deformation of specimens have been predicted and measured by numerical simulations.The simulation results demonstrate that the protective capacity of 2mm + 2mm double-layer annealed 304 stainless steel plates is the best one in this velocity range of flyer plate,as the integral deformation is the smallest among the four structure types.

Hydrodynamic Characteristics and Supercavity Shape of Supercavitating Projectiles Launched with Supersonic Speed

A supercavitating projectile is launched underwater with supersonic speed,and then,the speed decreases to transonic and subsonic conditions orderly because of the drag coming from surrounding water.The flow regime and hydrodynamic characteristics are significantly influenced by the flying speed,the influence laws in supersonic,transonic,and subsonic regions are totally different.These issues aren’t well studied.A numerical model consisting of VOF model,moving frame method and state equation of liquid is established to calculate the compressible supercavitation flow field,and validated by comparing with a published result.The influences of water compressibility and Mach number on supercavity shape and hydrodynamic characteristics are quantitatively summarized.The results show that the flying speed of supercavitating projectiles exerts significant influences on the flow regime,supercavity shape and hydrodynamic characteristics for the transonic and supersonic conditions.With the decrease of flying speed,the drag coefficient decreases gradually,and the dimensions of the supercavity near supercavitating projectiles significantly increases in the high-speed conditions.An underwater bow shock is numerically observed before the disk cavitator in supersonic condition.However,no obvious changes are found for the incompressible water cases with different speeds.For supersonic conditions,the supercavity near supercavitating projectiles of compressible water is smaller than that of incompressible water,the drag coefficient is larger,and the relative difference significantly increases with the flying speed.For the case of Ma 1.214,the relative difference of supercavity diameter at the tail section 3.98%,and the difference of the drag coefficient is 23.90%.