ABSTRACT Zhang, Z.; Wang, L.; Yao, X., and Lang, J., 2017. Dynamics of an underwater explosion bubble near a rigid wall: Effect of slenderness ratio, installation, and distance parameter. Structural damage of maritime construction (e.g., dams, warships, etc.) has received considerable international attention in recent years because of underwater explosions from accidental events and terrorist bombing attacks. Therefore, research studies on underwater explosion load characteristics will have a great influence on the future of coastal and maritime engineering. Here, level set–direct ghost fluid–Runge Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method and boundary element method are combined to establish a model of underwater explosion near a rigid wall. First, the hybrid algorithm is used to simulate the process of underwater explosion in free field; the results agree well with experimental data, proving the effectiveness of the algorithm. Second, the process of underwater explosion near a rigid wall is simulated by the p...