DSTO-GD-0109, THE RESPONSE OF SURFACE SHIPS TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS (SEP-1996)

DSTO-GD-0109, THE RESPONSE OF SURFACE SHIPS TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS (SEP-1996)., This report is a summary of technical information gathered by the author during an attachment to the Underwater Explosions Research Department (UERD) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division from April 1993 to July 1994. The report covers aspects of UERD's work in the area of: ship shock trials, response of surface ships to underwater explosions, computer modelling of surface ship responses and other technical information culled from the general literature.