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Ignition and combustion drive by powerful laser radiation acting on a water surface

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The ignition and combustion effects in water vapor generated by the action of the powerful CO2-laser radiation on a water surface are investigated experimentally. The regimes corresponding to these phenomena are discussed and substantiated theoretically

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  1. G. I. Kozlov
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Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 172–180, January–February, 1997.

The investigations described were made possible by financial support from the International Science Foundation (grants N7B000 and N7B300).

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Kozlov, G.I., Kuznetsov, V.A. Ignition and combustion drive by powerful laser radiation acting on a water surface. Fluid Dyn 32, 146–152 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697948

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