ABSTRACT

Thedetonationofacondensedhighexplosiveunderwaterproducestwo pressurepulses:ashockwavefollowedbyabubblepulseassociatedwith theexpansionoftheproductsofdetonation.Fortheshockwave,analysis proceedsalongthesamelinesasforairblastalthoughtherearequantitative differencesintheresults.Forthebubblepulse,thesequenceofeventsis describedbelow.