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Investigation of the dynamics of a laser-supported detonation wave using a self-consistent numerical model

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Results are reported of a computational—theoretical analysis of the dynamics (propagation and decay) of laser-supported detonation waves (LSDW) in focused laser beams. The investigations were carried out using a self-consistent numerical model that takes account of the gasdynamic motion of the plasma and the refraction and absorption of the radiation in the plasma, with allowance for its real equation of state. An analysis is presented of the influence of the radial structure of the radiation on the propagation and decay of the LSDW, and of the conditions of the radiation transformation. Results on the dynamics of two-dimensional LSDW in the beam of an excimer laser are presented.

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Translated from Preprint No. IAE-5066/6 of the Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Moscow, 1990.

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Vorob'ev, V.A., Kanevskii, M.F. & Chernov, S.Y. Investigation of the dynamics of a laser-supported detonation wave using a self-consistent numerical model. J Russ Laser Res 12, 269–294 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01128445

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