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MFE & IFE Studies UW Neutronics Center of Excellence Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Shock Tube
Radiation Hydrodynamics
Heating Deuterium and Tritium (DT) to ignition temperatures is the easiest approach to fusion energy. ICF involves compressing a ~1 mm capsule ("target") to high densities. The target is spherically imploded using a high power (~100 TW) driver, high power lasers being the most common driver. Ablation of the outer surface of the target drives a series of radial shock waves into the target, compressing the target and heating it to thermonuclear temperatures. High energy alpha particles created from the fusion of Deuterium and Tritium propagate out through cold DT fuel and deposit energy. This energy leads to a propagating burn wave which ignites the remaining fuel and cause the release of significant amounts of energy. Radiation hydrodynamics is the study of that process.Related Links
- Simulation of Inertial Confinement Fusion at UW (pdf poster)
FTI Publications
An Improved Low-Temperature Equation of State Model for Integrated IFE Target-Chamber Response Simulations;
T.A. Heltemes and G.A. Moses,
November 2010 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 8-12 November 2010, Chicago IL]. (1 page, 1.6 MB)
Alpha Particle Fusion Reaction Product Modeling in DRACO;
Jiankui Yuan and G.A. Moses,
October 2003 [presented at the American Physical Society-Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) Meeting, 27-31 October 2003, Albuquerque NM]. (1 page, 1.3 MB)
Addition of Implicit Monte Carlo Radiation Transport and Validation of 3D Hydrodynamics in DRACO;
M. Fatenejad, G. Moses, T. Collins, P. McKenty,
November 2008 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 17-21 November 2008, Dallas TX]. (1 page, 1.2 MB)
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