Abstract
To promote the development and application of underwater detonation propulsion technology, we built a single underwater detonation experimental system and established the corresponding axisymmetric five-equation model to study the characteristics of the flow field generated by a single underwater detonation. The shock wave formed by the degeneration of the detonation wave in the detonation tube interacted with the water–gas interface. Moreover, the jetting of detonated gas was blocked by water, which sharply increased the gas pressure and yielded a transmitted wave entering the water and a reflected wave returning to the tube. The transmitted wave reached a peak pressure of 16.77 MPa at 1280 Hz. The extremely transient gas generated by detonation jetted into the water, forming bubbles with unique pulsation characteristics and completing the first pulsation cycle (28.4 ms) under the effects of the internal gas pressure and the inertia of water. In the contraction stage, the bubble changed into a complex linked annular bubble under the effects of gravity and a free surface. However, in the expansion stage, the bubble was less affected.
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