Theoretical and Numerical Studies of Dynamic Scaling of a Six-Degree-of-Freedom Laser Propulsion Vehicle

Figure 3

Pressure distribution of blast wave driven by laser incident at 200 μs. The laser beam is irradiated using the ray-tracing method with an initial offset of  mm for 1 kg and 10 kg vehicles, and the fluid-orbit coupling calculation is conducted.

(a) 1 kg vehicle with laser beam of  J

(b) 10 kg vehicle with laser beam of  J