Explosion of aluminized mixtures in bubble column as a method of underwater compression wave enhancement

The results of experimental investigations of underwater explosions of ideally and nonideally detonating charges in continuous water and in water containing air bubbles are reported. Charges few tens of grams in weight were exploded in a metal reservoir filled with water. Parameters of compression waves generated by explosions in the reservoir were monitored. Based on the experimental data obtained the mechanism and the main stages of nonideal explosions as well as the nature of the effect of enhanced directed impact of blast waves on targets attained with the aid of bubble arrays are discussed.