We report results from the analysis of the shock wave formed following the creation of a laser-produced plasma in a gaseous atmosphere, using both interferometry and shadowgraphy. A Nomarski polarization interferometer and a focused-type shadowgraphy setup were utilized to track the evolution of the shock wave with high spatial and temporal resolution for a variety of incident laser energies an...

The linear theory of shock acceleration predicts the maximum particle energy to be limited only by the acceleration time and the size of the shock. We study the combined effect of acceleration nonlinearity (shock modification by accelerated particles, that must be present in strong astrophysical shocks) and propagation of Alfven waves that are responsible for particle confinement to the shock f...

It has been found that some shapes of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramics respond to rapid temperature fluctuations when mounted in a particular geometrical configuration. This effect is presumably caused by thermal stresses in the crystal which produce a voltage difference across the silvered surfaces. These units were originally constructed to serve as pressure transducers in a lowpressure...

ABSTRACT An experimental study has been conducted to visualise the instantaneous streamwise and spanwise flow patterns of a normal shock wave impinging over a rounded contour bump in a Mach 1.3 free-stream. A quartz-made transparent shock generator was used, so that instantaneous images could be captured during the oil-flow visualisation experiments. Fluorescent oil with three different colours...

We report results of molecular dynamics simulation of shock wave propagation in silicon in [100], [110], and [111] directions obtained using a classical environment-dependent interatomic potential (EDIP). Several regimes of materials response are classified as a function of shock wave intensity using the calculated shock Hugoniot. Shock wave structure in [100] and [111] directions exhibit usual...

A weak-shock solution is obtained for the nonlinear propagation of a waveform that initially has the form of an asymmetric double exponential. Such a wave shocks at its peak, so that shock growth and wave-amplitude attenuation occur simultaneously. Simple formulas for wave amplitude, shock amplitude, and arrival time are given as is an expression for the waveform. We also present a general tech...