Furnace geometry effects on plume dynamics in laser ablation for nanotube synthesis

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 365-383

  Lobão, Diomar Cesar ^a   Povitsky, Alex ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique   (Canada)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Euler equations; Explosion wave; Laser ablation; Laser furnace; Relaxing TVD scheme; Shock wave plume interaction

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHOCK WAVES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EULER EQUATIONS; EXPLOSION WAVES; LASER FURNACES; RELAXING TVD SCHEMES; SHOCK WAVE-PLUME INTERACTION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 2342447348     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2004.01.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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