Numerical study of water-confinement geometries for laser propulsion

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 950-957

  Han, Bing ^a   Shen, Zhong Hua ^a   Lu, Jian ^a   Ni, Xiao Wu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble formation; Confinement; Laser propulsion; Water

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; BUBBLE RADIUS; BUBBLE SURFACE; CONFINEMENT; CONICAL SHELL; LASER PROPULSION; LIQUID JETS; MOMENTUM COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE PEAKS; PROPULSION EFFICIENCY; VELOCITY FIELD; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

BUBBLE FORMATION; LIQUIDS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SHOCK WAVES;

PROPULSION;

EID: 77955419109     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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