Publications

UWFDM-1089   Shock Loading of IFE Target Chamber Structures Study: Final Report for Contract Number DE-FG02-97ER54413; Mark Anderson, Bhalchandra Puranik, Jason Oakley, Paul Brooks, Robert Peterson, Riccardo Bonazza, December 1998. (20 pages, 689 kB)

UWFDM-1115   Planar Imaging of Density Interfaces Accelerated by Strong Shocks; M.H. Anderson, B.P. Puranik, J.G. Oakley, R.R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, July 1999 [prepared for the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Imperial College, London, UK, July 18-23, 1999]. (8 pages, 791 kB)

UWFDM-1116   An Investigation of Shock-Cylinder Interaction; J.G. Oakley, B.P. Puranik, M.H. Anderson, R.R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R.P. Weaver, M.L. Gittings, July 1999 [prepared for the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Imperial College, London, UK, July 18-23, 1999]. (8 pages, 538 kB) [more]

Imaging of Density Interfaces Accelerated by Strong Shocks; M. Anderson, B. Puranik, J. Oakley, R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R. Weaver, M. Gittings, July 1999 [Presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, London, UK, July 1999]. (19 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]

An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Shock-Cylinder Interaction; B. Puranik, M. Anderson, J. Oakley, R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R. Weaver, M. Gittings, July 1999 [Presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, London, UK, July 1999]. (13 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1124   Containment of Radioactive Material in the Z, ZX, and X-1 Facilities: Progress Report for the Period January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999; R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, M.H. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, D.A. Haynes, D.L. Henderson, D.C. Kammer, H.Y. Khater, P. McKenna, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, K. Olson, G.A. Rochau, J.F. Santarius, C. Sauer, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, T. Utschig, P.P.H. Wilson, J. Yuan, December 1999. (75 pages, 6.4 MB)

UWFDM-1137   EVOLVE Lithium Tray Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis; M.H. Anderson, J.G. Murphy, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, M.L. Corradini, S. Malang, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 141 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1141   Experimental Behavior of Molten Sn_xLi_y When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water; M.H. Anderson, P. Meekunnasombat, M.L. Corradini, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 479 kB)

UWFDM-1145   Shock Loading of IFE Reactor Cooling Tubes; M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, M.A. Coil, R. Bonazza, R.R. Peterson, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (8 pages, 473 kB)

Shock Loading of IFE Reactor Cooling Tubes; M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, M. Coil, R. Bonazza, R.R. Peterson, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (21 pages, 3.9 MB)

Experimental Behavior of Molten Salt Sn_xLi_y When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water; M.H. Anderson, P. Meekunnasombat, M.L. Corradini, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (20 pages, 1.6 MB)

Richtmyer-Meshkov Experiments with Rayleigh-Taylor-Generated Initial Conditions; M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, J. Oakley and B. Puranik, November 2000 [presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington, DC, 19-21 November 2000]. (17 pages, 2.3 MB)

Review and Analysis of Condensation Experiments at UW-Madison; M.H. Anderson, J.G. Murphy, M.L. Corradini, B.J. Merrill, March 2001 [presented at the International Energy Agency Task 2 Meeting, March 22, 2001, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls ID]. (23 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]

The Potential for Graphite Oxidation in Dry Wall ICF Chambers; E.A. Mogahed, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.G. Murphy, H.Y. Khater, M.H. Anderson, G.L. Kulcinski, May 2001 [presented at the 2nd Laser IFE Program Workshop, May 31 - June 1, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (15 pages, 369 kB)

UWFDM-1159   Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability of an Interface Prepared by Removal of a Sinusoidal Plate; Mark Anderson, Jason Oakley, Bhalchandra Puranik, Riccardo Bonazza, July 2001 [presented at the 23rd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Fort Worth TX, 22-27 July 2001]. (10 pages, 484 kB)

UWFDM-1160   Shock Loading of a Cylinder Bank with Imaging and Pressure Measurements; Jason G. Oakley, Mark H. Anderson, Shaoping Wang, Riccardo Bonazza, July 2001 [presented at the 23rd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Fort Worth TX, 22-27 July 2001]. (10 pages, 641 kB)

UWFDM-1171   Experiments on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability I: Preparation of a Membraneless Interface Using the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability; Bhalchandra Puranik, Jason Oakley, Mark Anderson, Riccardo Bonazza, September 2001. (32 pages, 637 kB)

UWFDM-1172   Experiments on the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability II: Nonlinear Evolution of a Shocked Membraneless Single-Mode Sinusoidal Interface; Bhalchandra Puranik, Jason Oakley, Mark Anderson, Riccardo Bonazza, September 2001. (34 pages, 685 kB)

Shock Interface and Shock Structure Interactions; J. Oakley, M. Anderson, S. Wang, R. Bonazza, R. Peterson, October 2001 [ARIES E-Meeting, 24 October 2001]. (25 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-1161   Analysis of Experimental Behavior of Molten Sn_xLi_y When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water; P. Meekunnasombat, M.H. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, December 2001. (83 pages, 4.6 MB)

UWFDM-1165   An Efficient and High Resolution Solver for the Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability; S.P. Wang, M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, R. Bonazza, December 2001 [presented at the 8th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing (8th IWPCTM), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 9-14 December 2001 (submitted to Lasers and Particle Beams)]. (9 pages, 858 kB)

UWFDM-1166   Experimental Study of a Strongly Shocked Gas Interface with Visualized Initial Conditions; M.H. Anderson, R. Bonazza, J.G. Oakley, December 2001 [presented at the 8th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing (8th IWPCTM), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 9-14 December 2001 (submitted to Lasers and Particle Beams)]. (8 pages, 1.1 MB)

Experimental Study of a Strongly Shocked Gas Interface with Visualized Initial Conditions; Mark Anderson, Jason Oakley, Bhalchandra Puranik, Riccardo Bonazza, December 2001 [presented at the 8th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, December 9-14, 2001]. (19 pages, 3.8 MB)

An Efficient and High Resolution Solver for the Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability; S.P. Wang, M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, R. Bonazza, December 2001 [presented at the 8th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, December 9-14, 2001]. (1 page, 1.1 MB)

Experimental Hydrodynamics Model for First Wall Protection in IFE Reactors; Riccardo Bonazza, Jason Oakley, Mark Anderson, Phongsan Meekunnasombat, Shaoping Wang, Paul Brooks, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (1 page, 1.8 MB)

MHD Effects on Vapor Distribution within Boiling Liquid Metals (experimental work in support of the APEX-EVOLVE reactor concept); M. Anderson, P. Brooks, M. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, M. Corradini, APEX Task IV Members, April 2002 [presented at the 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, San Diego, CA, 7-12 April 2002]. (1 page, 2.1 MB)

Direct Contact Heat Exchange Interfacial Phenomena for Liquid Metal Reactors Part II: Void Fraction; Sherif H. Abdulla, Xin Liu, Mark H. Anderson, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, Dae H. Cho, R.J. Page, D. Hurtault, April 2002 [presented at the Tenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Arlington VA, 14-18 April 2002]. (1 page, 2.9 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1215   Experimental Investigation of a Shock-Accelerated Liquid Layer with Imaging and Pressure Measurement; P. Meekunnasombat, J.G. Oakley, M.H. Anderson, R. Bonazza, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC; published in Fusion Science and Technology 44, 351 (2003)]. (8 pages, 1.2 MB)

Experimental Investigation of a Shock-Accelerated Liquid Layer with Imaging and Pressure Measurements; P. Meekunnasombat, J.G. Oakley, M.H. Anderson and R. Bonazza, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 1.6 MB)

Numerical Study of Shock-Cylinder Banks Interactions; S.P. Wang, M. Anderson, J. Oakley and R. Bonazza, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 1.8 MB)

MHD Effects on Vapor Flow in a Conductive Fluid (Experimental Work in Support of the APEX - EVOLVE Reactor Concept); M. Anderson, P. Brooks, M. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, M. Corradini and APEX Task IV Members, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 3.7 MB)

Overview of Experimental Activities in Nuclear Engineering; Mark Anderson, February 18, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (22 pages, 2.5 MB)

Experimental Study of Shock-Accelerated Liquid Wall Protection for Inertial Fusion Energy Reactors; Phongsan Meekunnasombat, Jason Oakley, Mark Anderson, Riccardo Bonazza, March 11, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (30 pages, 5.7 MB)

Investigations of the Richtmyer-Meshkov and Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities; R. Bonazza, M.H. Anderson, J. Oakley, P. Brooks, P. Meekunnasombat, J. Niederhaus, B. Motl, D. Ranjan, C. Selig, J. White, September 2003 [poster presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (1 page, 3.0 MB)

UWFDM-1298   Measurements of Mixing Induced at a Gas Interface by the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability; D. Ranjan, J. Niederhaus, J. Oakley, M.H. Anderson, J. Greenough, R. Bonazza, July 2004 [presented at the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW24), Beijing, China, 11-16 July 2004; published in Shock Waves, Z.L. Jiang (ed.), Paper 2691]. (9 pages, 644 kB) [more]

Experimental Study of a Shock-Accelerated Water Layer with Imaging and Velocity Measurement; P. Meekunnasombat, J.G. Oakley, M.H. Anderson, R. Bonazza, July 2004 [presented at the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, 11-16 July 2004, Beijing, China]. (1 page, 11 MB)

The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability at a Water/Magnetorheological Fluid Interface; Jeremy White, Chaine Selig, Jason Oakley, Mark Anderson, Riccardo Bonazza, July 2004 [presented at the 9th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Cambridge, UK, 19-23 July 2004]. (1 page, 3.3 MB)

Experimental and Computational Investigations of Shock-Accelerated Gas Bubbles; D. Ranjan, J. Niederhaus, T. Bauer, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, L. Smith, J. Greenough, R. Bonazza, July 2004 [presented at the 9th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Cambridge, UK, 19-23 July 2004]. (38 pages, 4.2 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1239   Protection of IFE First Wall Surfaces from Impulsive Loading by Multiple Liquid Layers; P. Meekunnasombat, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1170-1174]. (8 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-1240   Inertial-Fusion-Related Hydrodynamic Instabilities in a Spherical Gas Bubble Accelerated by a Planar Shock Wave; J. Niederhaus, D. Ranjan, M. Anderson, J. Oakley, R. Bonazza, J. Greenough, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1160-1164]. (8 pages, 850 kB) [more]

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