Shells and containers under complex impact shock conditions - a practical solution concept

Many practically relevant impact processes are not as hard as a projectile impact but calculation or experimental assessment are difficult. Recent experiments at Karlsruhe Research Center show that many of these processes are similar, independent of geometry and scale, even for complex geometries and conditions. The preconditions and scaling factors for transfer of the model results to real dimensions are presented, and experimental facilities for investigating liquid impact on container walls are described. The latter were originally developed for analyses of serious accidents in nuclear facilities but can be used for other purposes as well. Using a concrete example, it was shown that the load of liquid impact on a shell with relatively filigrane protruding structures is lower by a factor of 14 than the impact of a comparable solid