Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2025, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 1281-1295.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2025.000129
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Wei LIU1(
), Lin ZHANG1(), Tao YUN2(), Xianliang MENG1(), Bo ZHANG1,*(), Yafei SONG1()
Received:2023-11-10
Online:2025-10-18
Published:2025-10-24
Contact:
Bo ZHANG
E-mail:long_waver@163.com;tymy09@163.com;yuntao66@163.com;18999891215@163.com;zhb8706@163.com;yafei_song@163.com
About author:Supported by:Wei LIU, Lin ZHANG, Tao YUN, Xianliang MENG, Bo ZHANG, Yafei SONG. Damage effectiveness characterization model of laser weapon systems under the impact of spatial position and atmospheric condition[J]. Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2025, 36(5): 1281-1295.
Fig 1
Framework for characterizing laser damage effectiveness model"
Fig 2
Schematic diagram of laser transmission in slant atmosphere path"
Fig 3
Schematic diagram of the laser thermal effect"
Fig 4
Temperature field calculation process framework"
Table 1
LaWS parameter settings"
| Parameter | Default value (Range) |
| 50 (10−100) | |
| 1.064 | |
| 0.6 | |
| β0 | 1 |
| 2e-6 |
Table 2
Laser transmission path and atmospheric setting"
| Parameter | Default value (Range) |
| L/m | |
| θ/(°) | 30 (5−85) |
| K | K = 2.828, rural; K = 2.496, desert; K = 4.453, maritime |
| Cn2 | 10e-16 (10e-17−10e-14) |
| VIS/km | VIS = 10, Sunshine VIS = 5, Light haze; VIS = 3, Haze |
| vg/(m/s) | 5 (2−8) |
Table 3
Target parameter settings"
| Parameter | Value |
| Density/(g/cm2) | 2.77 |
| R | 0.8 |
| Melting point/K | 911 |
| Latent heat of fusion/(J/g) | 401 |
| Boiling point/K | |
| Latent heat of vaporization/(J/g) | |
| Specific heat of solid state/(J/(g·K)) | 1.0 |
| Thermal conductivity of solid state /(J/(cm·K·s)) | 1.64 |
| Specific heat of liquid state/(g·K) | 1.3 |
| Thermal conductivity of liquid state /(J/(cm·K·s)) | 0.564 |
Fig 5
Simulation of damage effectiveness of LaWS at different distances"
Fig 6
Simulation of damage effectiveness of LaWS at different elevation angles"
Fig 7
LaWS damage range"
Fig 8
Simulation of damage effectiveness of LaWS at different atmospheric visibility"
Fig 9
Damage range of laser weapon under different visibility"
Fig 10
Simulation of damage effectiveness of LaWS at different time of a day"
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