Main topics include modeling of equilibrium and non-equilibrium plasma taking into account detailed combustion and plasma kinetics, non-equilibrium plasma physics, breakdown mechanisms, aero-optical effects, quantum mechanics, flow dynamics and turbulence.
Analysis of dimensionless criteria, main physical mechanisms, internal energy exchange mechanisms, optimization of the energy deposition by plasma discharges, including femtosecond laser filaments and dual-pulse laser plasmas for different applications.
Applications: Directed Energy, High-speed flow Plasma, Femtosecond Laser filaments for diagnostics, Laser ignition systems in scramjets, Nanosecond pulsed discharge ignition systems, Laser Plasma for drag reduction in the supersonic flow
Research projects
Laser propagation through scattering and absorbing media
Ionization, ablation, electronic excitation in high-speed flows
Earth re-entry and ablation of the thermal protection system
Possible extention of the code to model Mars entry
Dual-pulse laser plasmas
Control of the Dual-Pulse Laser Plasma using Temporal and Spatial Shaping
of the Intensity (nanosecond laser pulse)
Dual-pulse laser ignition
Objective: Understanding of the role of plasma-driven gas dynamics and chemical species in controllable ignition
Modeling of Plasma Assisted Deflagration to Detonation Transition Assisted by Plasma
Objective: Understanding of the role of localized plasma spots created by laser on the deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) in a narrow duct.
Supersonic Flow control by Laser Plasma
Objective: Understanding of the role of dual-pulse laser plasma on the vorticity generation and drag reduction in the supersonic flow.
