On pressure impulse of a laser-induced underwater shock wave

Abstract

We experimentally examine a laser-induced underwater shock wave with a special attention to pressure impulse, the time integral of pressure evolution. %total pressure variation associated with the shock wave. Plasma formation, shock-wave expansion, and pressure in water are observed simultaneously using a combined measurement system that obtains high-resolution nanosecond-order image sequences. These detailed measurements reveal a non-spherically-symmetric distribution of pressure peak. In contrast, remarkably, pressure impulse is found to distribute symmetrically for a wide range of experimental parameters even when the shock waves are emitted from an elongated region. The structure is determined to be a collection of multiple spherical shock waves originated from point-like plasmas in the elongated region.

14 pages, 11 figures, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2016

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