Numerical simulation of laser-induced breakdown in air

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ghosh, Shankar ^a   Maheshy, Krishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC EFFECTS; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; LASER ENERGIES; LASER ENERGY DEPOSITION; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL COMPLEXITY; PLASMA CORE; ROLL-UP PROCESS; ROLLING UP; SCALING ANALYSIS; SHOCK FORMATION; SHOCK PROPAGATION; THREE PHASIS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLOW FIELDS; MODELS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78149427326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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