Assessment of Risks Induced by Countermining Unexploded Large-Charge Historical Ordnance in a Shallow Water Environment—Part II: Modeling of Seismo-Acoustic Wave Propagation
Résumé
he goal of this work presented in a two-companion paper is to pave the way for reliably assessing the risks of damage to buildings on the shore, induced by the detonation of large-charge historical ordnance (i.e., countermining) in variable shallow water environments. Here, we focus on the impact of the marine environment, more specifically the unconsolidated sedimentary layer, on detonation-induced seismo-acoustic wave propagation.We rely on a multidisciplinary cross-study including real data obtained within the framework of a countermining campaign, and numerical simulations of the seismo-acoustic propagation using a spectral-element method.We first develop a strategy relying on physical insights into the different kind of waves that can propagate in a coastal environment, to provide clues for a computational cost reduction. The geological surveys and the hydroacoustic measurements provide input sedimentary basins favor a local wave-amplitude amplification and a frequency shift toward the low-frequency domain. However, the seismo-acoustic waves are globally attenuated during their propagation because of intrinsic attenuation and geometrical spreading, which generally prevents any large damage to nearby buildings on the shore.
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