Experimental and numerical study of shock wave propagation in water generated by pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges
Abstract
The objective of this study is to simulate the propagation of the shock wave in water due to an explosion. The study is part of a global research program on the development of an alternative stimulation technique to conventional hydraulic fracturing in tight gas reservoirs aimed at inducing a distributed state of microcracking of rocks instead of localized fracture. We consider the possibility of increasing the permeability of rocks with dynamic blasts. The blast is a shock wave generated in water by pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges. The amplitude of these shock waves is prescribed by the electrohydraulic discharges which generate high pressures of several kilobars within microseconds. A simplified method has been used to simulate the injected electrical energy as augmentation of enthalpy in water locally. The finite element code EUROPLEXUS is used to perform fluid fast dynamic computation. The predicted pressure is consistent with the experimental results. In addition, shock wave propagation characteristics predicted with simulation can be valuable reference for design of underwater structural elements and engineering of underwater explosion.
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BibTeX
@article{chen2026experimental,
title = {{Experimental and numerical study of shock wave propagation in water generated by pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges}},
author = {Wen Chen and Olivier Maurel and Christian La Borderie and Thierry Reess and Antoine Silvestre de Ferron and Mohammed Matallah and Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot and Jacques Antoine and Franck Rey-Bethbeder},
journal = {Heat and Mass Transfer},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1007/s00231-013-1262-4},
eprint = {2609.35305},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-00993576v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Experimental and numerical study of shock wave propagation in water generated by pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges
AU - Wen Chen
AU - Olivier Maurel
AU - Christian La Borderie
AU - Thierry Reess
AU - Antoine Silvestre de Ferron
AU - Mohammed Matallah
AU - Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot
AU - Jacques Antoine
AU - Franck Rey-Bethbeder
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/28
JO - Heat and Mass Transfer
DO - 10.1007/s00231-013-1262-4
UR - https://hal.science/hal-00993576v1
AB - The objective of this study is to simulate the propagation of the shock wave in water due to an explosion. The study is part of a global research program on the development of an alternative stimulation technique to conventional hydraulic fracturing in tight gas reservoirs aimed at inducing a distributed state of microcracking of rocks instead of localized fracture. We consider the possibility of increasing the permeability of rocks with dynamic blasts. The blast is a shock wave generated in water by pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges. The amplitude of these shock waves is prescribed by the electrohydraulic discharges which generate high pressures of several kilobars within microseconds. A simplified method has been used to simulate the injected electrical energy as augmentation of enthalpy in water locally. The finite element code EUROPLEXUS is used to perform fluid fast dynamic computation. The predicted pressure is consistent with the experimental results. In addition, shock wave propagation characteristics predicted with simulation can be valuable reference for design of underwater structural elements and engineering of underwater explosion.
SN - 0947-7411
SN - 1432-1181
ER -