Study on load distributing function of square slab surface under the action of underwater close‐in blast loading.

The mode and magnitude of the blast load are the main cause of damage to the structure. Most current studies have simplified the blast load into a bilinear form that differs greatly from the actual time history curve and is applied directly to the structure, avoiding the fluid–solid coupling interaction between the water fluid and the structure. The simplified blast load for near‐explosion or internal explosion will bring a big error to the calculation results. To quickly determine the load on the structure surface under the action of underwater near the explosion, this study studies the interaction between water hammer wave and structure through the verified full coupling model, and puts forward the explosion load distribution function on the square plate surface under the action of underwater explosion, and establishes a simplified prediction formula for the explosion load parameters (peak pressure and positive reflection impulse) at the center of the plate surface, using these formulas, a general method for constructing the explosion load at any point on the structural surface is proposed, which lays a foundation for subsequent structural damage and failure analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]