Review of Evaluation Methods of Underwater Explosion Power of Explosives

Abstract

Reasonable evaluation of underwater explosion power of explosives is very important for underwater warhead design and other tasks. This paper summarizes the typical experiments of underwater explosion power evaluation, discusses the power characterization methods involved in the tests, and focuses on the explosion bulge test of plate structure and its corresponding dimensionless deflection characterization means. Based on the existing research results, it is proposed to establish a standardized effect target evaluation method, strengthen the research on the relationship between work parameters, explosive detonation parameters and load parameters, and apply the dimensionless deflection method in explosion expansion test to the characterization of underwater explosion power.