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Development of a Multi-Resolution SPH-PD Model for Simulating Ice Sheet Fragmentation under Underwater Explosion Loads

Guang-Qi Liang¹, Peng-Nan Sun^1,2,*, A-Man Zhang³

1 School of Ocean Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University & Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519000, China
2 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Technology for Deep Water Acoustics, Zhuhai, 519080, China
3 College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

* Corresponding Author: Peng-Nan Sun. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Recent Developments in Nonlocal Meshfree Particle Methods for Solids and Fluids )

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2025, 145(3), 3405-3431. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2025.072496

Received 28 August 2025; Accepted 18 November 2025; Issue published 23 December 2025

Abstract

A multi-resolution smoothed particle hydrodynamics and peridynamics (SPH-PD) coupling model is proposed in this study for simulating the fracture characteristics of ice plates exposed to underwater blast loads. The SPH model employs a volume adaptive scheme (VAS) and a multi-resolution particle technique to accurately simulate explosive charge detonation and shock wave propagation. This approach addresses numerical challenges from charge expansion and significant size disparity between the charge and the fluid particles. The model captures the full underwater explosion process, covering both the shock wave phase and the bubble expansion stage, by applying appropriate equations of state for each respective phase. To analyze ice plate damage and crack propagation influenced by temperature changes, an ordinary state-based PD (OSB-PD) formulation with coupled mechanical and thermodynamic models is used. Numerical results show that the proposed coupling method demonstrates good agreement with reference solutions and experimental data.

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