Steady-state planar ablative flow
Abstract
Steady-state planar ablative flow in a laser produced plasma is studied. The calculations relate all steady-state fluid quantities to only three parameters, the material, absorbed irradiance, and laser wavelength. Here, the fluid is divided into three regions; the subcritical expanding plasma, the steady-state ablation front, and the accelerated slab. Boundary conditions at the interfaces of these regions are given. If the absorbed irradiance is nonuniform, the nonuniformity in ablation pressure is calculated. Results are compared with experiment and fluid simulation for both uniform and nonuniform illumination.
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- Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. (United States). Plasma Theory Branch, Plasma Physics Division; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5119394
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Fluids (New York)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physics of Fluids (New York); Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9171
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; PLASMA EXPANSION; PLASMA PRESSURE; SCALING LAWS; ABLATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; SIMULATION; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL DATA; DATA; EXPANSION; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; PLASMA; 700208* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology; 700105 - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Plasma Kinetics-Theoretical- (-1987)
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Manheimer, W. M., Colombant, D. G., and Gardner, J. H. Steady-state planar ablative flow. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.863956.
Manheimer, W. M., Colombant, D. G., & Gardner, J. H. Steady-state planar ablative flow. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863956
Manheimer, W. M., Colombant, D. G., and Gardner, J. H. Thu .
"Steady-state planar ablative flow". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863956. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5119394.
@article{osti_5119394,
title = {Steady-state planar ablative flow},
author = {Manheimer, W. M. and Colombant, D. G. and Gardner, J. H.},
abstractNote = {Steady-state planar ablative flow in a laser produced plasma is studied. The calculations relate all steady-state fluid quantities to only three parameters, the material, absorbed irradiance, and laser wavelength. Here, the fluid is divided into three regions; the subcritical expanding plasma, the steady-state ablation front, and the accelerated slab. Boundary conditions at the interfaces of these regions are given. If the absorbed irradiance is nonuniform, the nonuniformity in ablation pressure is calculated. Results are compared with experiment and fluid simulation for both uniform and nonuniform illumination.},
doi = {10.1063/1.863956},
journal = {Physics of Fluids (New York)},
number = 9,
volume = 25,
place = {United States},
year = {1998},
month = {6}
}
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