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.

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retrieve PDF 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)

retrieve PDF The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability at a Water/Magnetorheological Fluid Interface; Jeremy White, Jason Oakley, Mark Anderson, Riccardo Bonazza, July 2006 [presented at the 10th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Paris, France, 17-21 July 2006]. (1 page, 1.7 MB)

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 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)

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-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-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]

retrieve PDF 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]

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-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-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)

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 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 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)

retrieve PDF Richtmyer-Meshkov Parameter Study; C. Weber, B. Motl, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA]. (1 page, 6.8 MB)

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-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)

retrieve PDF 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)

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 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-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-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)

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

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]

retrieve PDF 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)

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 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)

retrieve PDF Interaction of a Planar Shock with a Spherical Gas Inhomogeneity - Part I: Experiments; D. Ranjan, 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]. (14 pages, 2.2 MB)

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)

retrieve PDF Initial Study of Supercritical Fluid Blowdown; G. Mignot, M. Anderson, M. Corradini, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (1 page, 745 kB)

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]

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 IFE-Related Hydrodynamic Instabilities in a Spherical Gas Bubble Accelerated by a Planar Shock Wave; D. Ranjan, J. Niederhaus, M. Anderson, J. Oakley, R. Bonazza, J. Greenough, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (1 page, 1.6 MB) [more]

retrieve PDF 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]

retrieve PDF High-Temperature Liquid Metal Compatibility Testing; M.G. Hvasta, B.K. Nollet, M.H. Anderson, T.R. Allen, November 2010 [presented at the 19th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 7-11 November 2010, Las Vegas NV]. (1 page, 3.6 MB)

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-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)

retrieve PDF 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)

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