Abstract
Laser-supported detonation (LSD), a type of Laser-supported wave (LSW) accompanied by a supersonic flow, is regarded as a very important phenomenon in the field of Beam propulsion systems, because it can generate the required high pressures and temperatures. In this study, the unsteady performances are investigated by one-dimensional simple geometry and variable laser intensity using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis with the thermochemical non-equilibrium model for inert gas plasma.The periodic irradiative laser intensity is instantly followed by LSD propagation velocity and the history is negligible, therefore the velocity can be evaluated from the laser intensity.
