Shock Tube

A shock tube has been fabricated for the study of shock-cylinder interactions, capable of withstanding a 20 MPa pressure load. The driven section can be evacuated to produce extremely large Mach number shocks approaching the strengths anticipated in future IFE (Inertial Fusion Energy) devices.
A hydrodynamic issue in ICF (Inertial Confinement Fusion) that is suitable numerically and experimentally for study within a shock tube is the removal of energy and protection of the first structural wall in future designs of reactors.
Additionally, water-cooled molten SnLi and PbLi eutectic alloys are being considered as liquid blanket materials for nuclear fusion applications. Thus, it is important to understand the interactions that might occur if these alloys were inadvertently to contact liquid water. Experiments have been conducted with the molten alloys when impacted with a vertical 2.4 m tall column of water at 30 C.

FTI Publications

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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]

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-1141   Experimental Behavior of Molten SnxLiy 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)

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-1161   Analysis of Experimental Behavior of Molten SnxLiy 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)

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)

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)

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]

UWFDM-1241   Initial Study of Supercritical Fluid Blowdown; G. Mignot, M. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 574-580]. (7 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]

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]

UWFDM-1299   Experimental Investigation of a Strongly Shocked Gas Bubble; D. Ranjan, M. Anderson, J. Oakley, R. Bonazza, May 2005 [published in Physical Review Letters, 94 (2005)].

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-1301   Shock-Induced Instabilities on a Spherical Gas Bubble; D. Ranjan, J.H.J. Niederhaus, J.G. Oakley, M.H. Anderson, J.A. Greenough, R. Bonazza, July 2005 [presented at the 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW25), Bangalore, India, 17-22 July 2005, Paper 1197-2]. (9 pages, 921 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1319   Shock Mitigation Studies in Voided Liquids for Fusion Chamber Protection; J. Oakley, M. Anderson, 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]. (8 pages, 577 kB) [more]

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)

UWFDM-1379   Experimental Parameter Study of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability; Bradley J. Motl, December 2008 [Ph.D. thesis]. (152 pages, 27 MB)

retrieve PDF 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]

retrieve PDF 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]

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF Experimental Behavior of Molten Salt SnxLiy 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)

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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]

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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]

retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF 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)


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