Numerical Simulation of Radiation Losses in a Decaying Laser Spark Using LBL Method

Abstract:

An investigation has been done to numerically simulate the radiation losses which occur due to laser energy deposition in a domain. Although the fluid dynamic effects due to laser energy deposition has been studied by a number of researchers independently but the effect of radiation has either been neglected or has not been highlighted effectively. When laser energy is deposited in a domain, very high temperatures are reached. At such high temperature, the diatomic air species may become highly dissociated and emission from the resulting two mono atomic species N and O cannot be neglected and is the major source of radiation loss. An Open Source CFD software Open Foam has been used to study the above effects. P1 radiation model along with radiation Line by Line method has been used to calculate the radiation losses. Radiation losses obtained are 20 times higher as compared to the only one past reported data but still are negligible as compared to the deposited energy. Hence our study validates the assumption of neglecting radiation losses, which was assumed earlier in all previous studies without any proper validation, using the most accurate LBL method.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 789-790)
• Pages: 287-295
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.789-790.287
• Online since: September 2015
• Authors: Ankit Sharma*, Ankit Bansal, Anil Kishan, Ratan Joarder
• Keywords: Blast Wave, Laser Spark, Line by Line, Plasma, Radiation

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