The Translational Velocity of Surface Ships and Submarines: a Computer Program

The paper describes a computer program written in FORTRAN IV which calculates the peak or maximum translational velocity induced in both submerged and floating targets by an underwater explosion plane shock wave of arbitrary pulse shape. The targets,surface ships and submarines, are approximated by...

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Main Author: Britt, James R
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Computer Programming and Software
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
EXPLOSION EFFECTS
Explosions
FORTRAN
FORTRAN 4 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
INTERACTIONS
MOTION
REFLECTION
SHIPS
TRANSLATIONAL MOTION
UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS
VELOCITY
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Summary:The paper describes a computer program written in FORTRAN IV which calculates the peak or maximum translational velocity induced in both submerged and floating targets by an underwater explosion plane shock wave of arbitrary pulse shape. The targets,surface ships and submarines, are approximated by an infinitely long cylinder of a specified radius. The theory, which was developed for submarines, is described briefly and extended to floating targets. As the program was originally written to handle pulse shapes produced by reflections from the ocean bottom, it has the capability of using pulse shapes which may have a logarithmic singularity.