A challenging aspect of local loading is that a restricted volume of structure contributes in tolerating external loading and therefore most of the remote zones of the structure remain intact. The present study surveys the effect of using incompressible fluid as a continuum to transfer the impact energy to a broader volume of the structure by employing experimental and numerical approaches. For the experimental study, three classes of doubly layered cylinders with different distances between the layers are fabricated from DIN S235JR steel and pure fresh water is used for filling the space between the layers. Instrumented impactors with different masses and falling heights imparted local dynamic energy on the specimens. The experimental results revealed that by the introduction of the fluid, on average, 25 percent of reduction in local deformation could be observed. Moreover, by implementing a validated numerical procedure, the energy contribution of every layer is scrutinized. It is observed that at a special distance between the layer, fluid contribution in impact energy absorption is maximized. Numerical outcomes illustrated a few percent of improvement in terms of energy contribution in inner and outer shells. Also, the probability of instability of the inner shell has been reported.