Tubman, E. R., Scott, R. H. H., Doyle, Hugo W. et al. (14 more authors) (2017) Time evolution and asymmetry of a laser produced blast wave. Physics of Plasmas. 103124. ISSN 1089-7674
Abstract
Studies of a blast wave produced from carbon rods and plastic spheres in an argon background gas have been conducted using the Vulcan laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. A laser of 1500 J was focused onto these targets, and rear-side observations of an emission front were recorded using a fast-framing camera. The emission front is asymmetrical in shape and tends to a more symmetrical shape as it progresses due to the production of a second shock wave later in time, which pushes out the front of the blast wave. Plastic spheres produce faster blast waves, and the breakthrough of the second shock is visible before the shock stalls. The results are presented to demonstrate this trend, and similar evolution dynamics of experimental and simulation data from the FLASH radiation-hydrodynamics code are observed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2017 The authors |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2017 14:16 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2024 00:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4987038 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1063/1.4987038 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123784 |