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Effect of the hydrodynamic instability on the burn-through time measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

H. Fiedorowicz
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 00-908 Warsaw, P.O. Box 49, Poland

Abstract

Thermal energy transport in laser-irradiated glass microshells coated with polystyrene/metal layers seems to be dominated by hot spots. These are connected with filaments which are enhanced by hydrodynamic instability of the Rayleigh-Taylor type.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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