Publications

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-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-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)

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-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)

UWFDM-1281   Shock Mitigation Studies of Solid Foams for Z-Pinch Chamber Protection; M. Anderson, J. Oakley, V. Vigil, S. Rodriquez, R. Bonazza, September 2005 [presented at the 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 26-29 September 2005, Knoxville TN]. (7 pages, 814 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]

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)

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)

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)

Experimental Study of Shock-Accelerated Liquid Layers for IFE Reactors; M. Anderson, P. Meekunnasombat, J. Oakley, R. Bonazza, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (23 pages, 5.8 MB)

The Dynamics of a Shock Wave and Aluminum Foam Layer Interaction; M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, P. Meekunnasombat, R. Bonazza, July 2005 [presented at the 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India]. (2 pages, 9.7 MB)

Shock Mitigation Studies in Voided Liquids for Fusion Chamber Protection; M. Anderson, J. Oakley, E. Marriott, J. Gudmundson, K. Sridharan, V. Vigil, G. Rochau, R. Bonazza, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (1 page, 2.4 MB) [more]

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)

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)

CFD Simulations of the Madison Dynamo Experiment and Comparison of Dynamo Growth Rates; Nick Haehn, Jason Oakley, Chris Weber, Zane Taylor, Roch Kendrick, E.J. Spence, Cary Forest, Riccardo Bonazza, November 2007 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 12-16 November 2007, Orlando FL]. (1 page, 940 kB)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Radiography for a Shock-Accelerated Liquid Layer; P. Meekunnasombat, J.G. Oakley, M.H. Anderson, R. Bonazza, July 2005 [presented at the 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves, July 17-22, 2005, Bangalore, India]. (2 pages, 13 MB)

UWFDM-1300   Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability of a Membraneless, Sinusoidal Gas Interface; B.J. Motl, J.H.J. Niederhaus, M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, R. Bonazza, July 2005 [presented at the 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW25), Bangalore, India, 17-22 July 2005]. (9 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-1320   Experimental Study for ICF-Related Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities; B. Motl, J. Niederhaus, D. Ranjan, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (8 pages, 2.1 MB)

Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability of a Membraneless, Sinusoidal Gas Interface; B.J. Motl, J. Niederhaus, M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, R. Bonazza, November 2005 [presented at the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 58th Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, 20-22 November 2005]. (28 pages, 3.8 MB)

Shock Accelerated Two-Dimensional Interface; B. Motl, J. Niederhaus, J. Oakley, D. Ranjan, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, July 2006 [presented at the 10th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Paris, France, 17-21 July 2006]. (22 pages, 3.3 MB)

Experiments and Computations for Inertial Confinement Fusion-Related Shock-Driven Hydrodynamic Instabilities; B. Motl, D. Ranjan, J. Niederhaus, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (1 page, 3.9 MB)

Experiments and Computations for Inertial Confinement Fusion-Related Shock-Driven Hydrodynamic Instabilities; B. Motl, J. Niederhaus, D. Ranjan, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, July 2007 [presented at the High Energy Density Physics Summer School, 29 July - 3 August 2007, San Diego, CA]. (1 page, 2.8 MB)

UWFDM-1027   Formation of 10-20 mm Drops of Molten Ferrosilicon; L.S. Nelson, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, June 1996. (18 pages, 21 MB)

UWFDM-1186   Quenching 10-20 mm Diameter Drops of Molten Ferrosilicon in Water and on Solids; L.S. Nelson, R. Bonazza, P.W. Brooks, M.L. Corradini, December 2003. (47 pages, 14 MB)

UWFDM-1211   Studies of Metal Combustion; Lloyd S. Nelson, Bradley J. Motl, J.H. Kleinlugtenbelt, Paul W. Brooks, Riccardo Bonazza and Michael L. Corradini, June 2003. (81 pages, 8.7 MB)

UWFDM-1212   Studies of Metal Combustion; Lloyd S. Nelson, Paul W. Brooks, Riccardo Bonazza and Michael L. Corradini, March 2002. (60 pages, 5.6 MB)

UWFDM-1224   Steam Explosions of Molten Ferrosilicon Drops Released into Water: Effects of Triggering, Alloying and Water Temperature; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, February 2004. (74 pages, 21 MB)

UWFDM-1228   Triggered Steam Explosions of Molten Ferrosilicon Drops: Behavior of Solenoid-Driven and Pneumatic Impactors, Ability to Trigger the Explosions at Various Water Depths, Energetics of the Explosions, Fall Histories, Colloidal Material Deposited During the Explosions; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, November 2004. (73 pages, 25 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1229   The Quenching and Steam Explosions of Drops of Molten Silicon Released into Water; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, November 2004. (104 pages, 29 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1230   The Release of Drops of Molten Ferrosilicon and Silicon into Water: Pressure Transients Generated During Triggered Steam Explosions; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, November 2004. (56 pages, 19 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1288   Steam Explosions of Single Drops of Molten Silicon-Rich Alloys; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, T.H. Bergstrom, December 2005 [Proceedings of the Ninth International Ferroalloys Congress (INFACON 9), Quebec City, June 3-6, 2001, pp. 338-351. Published by the Ferroalloys Association, Washington, DC]. (16 pages, 706 kB) [more]

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]

ICF-Related Hydrodynamic Instabilities in a Shocked Spherical Gas Bubble; J. Niederhaus, D. Ranjan, M. Anderson, J. Oakley, R. Bonazza, J. Greenough, November 2004 [presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, APS, 15-19 November 2004, Savannah GA]. (1 page, 1.6 MB) [more]

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