Arno Klomfass, Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institut, Freiburg, Germany

at MpCCI UF 2006

The paper addresses conceptual and numerical aspects regarding the coupled simulation of blast-structure interaction. As examples of coupled explicit codes we discuss our inhouse developed codes APOLLO (CFD) and SOPHIA (CSD), which are equipped with MpCCI software interfaces. A

number of selected studies will be presented, where the coupled codes have been applied and validated against test data. These studies include a basic shock tube experiment, tests conducted with a container-like structure in the Large Blast Simulator LBS 501, and model scale experiments of underwater shock propagation in ducts.