Publications

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)

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]

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