Laser-induced non-equilibrium plasma kernel dynamics

A Alberti, A Munafò, M Koll, M Nishihara… - Journal of Physics D …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A non-equilibrium model for laser generated plasmas is validated and used to investigate
plasma kernel dynamics. Breakdowns in quiescent air at different ambient conditions (eg …

Self-consistent computational fluid dynamics of supersonic drag reduction via upstream-focused laser-energy deposition

A Alberti, A Munafò, C Pantano, M Panesi - AIAA journal, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
We present applications of laser-energy deposition for drag reduction in supersonic flow.
The system of chemically reactive Navier–Stokes equations describes the hydrodynamics …

Collinear dual-pulse laser optical breakdown and energy deposition

A Alberti, A Munafò, C Pantano… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A non-equilibrium model for laser-generated plasmas is used to represent collinear dual
nano-second-pulse interactions. In the specific case considered, the breakdown is initiated …

[HTML][HTML] Non-equilibrium plasma generation via nano-second multi-mode laser pulses

A Alberti, A Munafò, M Nishihara, C Pantano… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The formation and growth of plasma kernels generated via nano-second mode-beating laser
pulses is investigated here via a non-equilibrium self-consistent computational model …

Mechanism of nonequilibrium plasma-enhanced ignition in the event of dual-pulse laser energy deposition

R Mahamud - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A two-dimensional (2D) and three-temperature mathematical model for dual-pulse
laser (DPL) ignition was applied to study the mechanism of the nonequilibrium plasma …

Numerical study on early-times laser controlled detonative propulsion

T Sato, A Alberti, A Munafò, M Panesi… - AIAA Scitech 2021 …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-0802. vid In this work, we
investigate applications of laser energy deposition for the control of deflagration-to …