Laser Production of Blast Waves in Low Pressure Gases
- 15 March 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 40 (4) , 1941-1945
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1657871
Abstract
It is shown by use of image converter photographs and probe data, that a Q‐switched laser can produce blast waves at relatively low gas pressures (p≳0.6 mm Hg). The gas density and time dependence of the laser produced blast waves are found to be in close agreement with predictions based on ideal blast‐wave theory. The data were taken using argon gas and laser delivered energies of approximately 0.5 J.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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