Influence of high-intensity laser radiation on a shock wave

S. O. Gladkov

Moscow

Abstract: It is shown that a shock front vanishes rapidly when irradiated by a strong ionizing laser beam. The most interesting physical cases associated with different relations between characteristic frequencies of the problem are discussed.

UDC: 542.57

Received: 05.06.1990
Revised: 02.11.1992

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1993, 29:5, 630–633