Mathematical Modeling of the Motion of Supercavitating Strikers at Underwater Start

The paper is devoted to the investigation of the high-velocity motion of supercavitating kinetic strikers in water with account of the intraballistic processes in the powder chamber and outside the channel cut of the ballistic installation, the supercavity dynamics, and also the interaction of the strikers with underwater barriers (obstacles). The process of supercavitating motion at underwater start is modeled on the basis of solving Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations with turbulence equations and cavitation equations for a multiphase medium. To investigate the stressstrain state and a possible destruction of solid bodies in interacting with underwater barriers of various types, mathematical modeling is conducted on the basis of an elastoplastic model of a medium. The range of investigated velocities is 50–850 m/s.