The rapid development of high-intensity laser-generated particle and photon secondary
sources has attracted widespread interest during the last 20 years not only due to …

The transient acoustic dynamics of a splash cymbal are investigated via the Finite Element
Method-Boundary Element Method. Real three-dimensional motion data recorded from the …

This work presents studies which demonstrate the importance of the very early heating
dynamics of the ablator long before the ablation plasma phase begins in laser driven inertial …

The computational study of x-pinch plasmas driven by pulsed power generators demands
the development of advanced numerical models and simulation schemes, able to enlighten …

The dynamics of plasmas produced by low current X-pinch devices are explored. This
comprehensive computational study is the first step in the preparation of an experimental …

Femtosecond laser pulses are used for the excitation of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in a
gold thin film transducer deposited on a glass substrate, while a single longitudinal …

An experimental and numerical study of the nanosecond electrical explosion dynamics of
bare and dielectric coated metallic wires in vacuum is reported. A table top Z-pinch …

It was recently demonstrated that a newly explored instability, which was named electro-
thermo-mechanical (ETM) instability, was developed in the solid elastic phase in the case of …

An X-pinch scheme of a low-current generator (45 kA, 50 ns rise time) is characterized as a
potential efficient source of soft X-rays. The X-pinch target consists of wires of 5 μm in …

The transient wave and vibro-acoustic response of a cymbal is studied when irradiated by a
pulsed ruby laser via time domain Finite element method-Boundary element method …