Analysis of microscopic properties of radiative shock experiments performed at the Orion laser facility

In this work we have conducted a study on the radiative and spectroscopic properties of the radiative precursor and the post-shock region from experiments with radiative shocks in xenon performed at the Orion laser facility. The study is based on post-processing of radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of the experiment. In particular, we have analyzed the thermodynamic regime of the plasma, the charge state distributions, the monochromatic opacities and emissivities, and the specific intensities for plasma conditions of both regions. The study of the intensities is a useful tool to estimate ranges of electron temperatures present in the xenon plasma in these experiments and the analysis performed of the microscopic properties commented above helps to better understand the intensity spectra. Finally, a theoretical analysis of the possibility of the onset of isobaric thermal instabilities in the post-shock has been made, concluding that the instabilities obtained in the radiative-hydrodynamic simulations could be thermal ones due to strong radiative cooling.

Experimental study on attenuation of Stoneley wave under different fracture factors

To quantitatively determine the effect of different factors such as fracture width,dip angle,extension and filling material on Stoneley wave amplitude decreasing,the shock tube experiment method was changed from fixing the sample and vertically moving the sensor in the borehole to fixing the sensors along the shock tube wall and vertically moving the sample without drilling the borehole in it.The measurement accuracy and the signal-to-noise ratio of the first Stoneley wave were improved by the time corrections and amplitude corrections of Stoneley wave signals.At the same time,21 sets of core models with different fracture parameters were processed for this measurement method by using full-diameter carbonate core,and relative amplitudes were defined to characterize Stoneley wave amplitude decreasing.The experimental results show that the relative amplitude of Stoneley wave exponentially decreases with increasing fracture width.The relative amplitude of Stoneley wave linearly decreases with increasing fracture dip angle.The relative amplitude of Stoneley wave exponentially decreases with increasing fracture extension.The relative amplitude of Stoneley wave decreases with increasing the permeability of filling material in the fracture.Under the above four conditions,the fracture width has the greatest effect on the decreasing of Stoneley wave amplitude,followed by the fracture extension and the permeability of filling material,and finally the fracture dip angle.

A Simulation Study on the Thermal Shock Behavior of Tungsten Mock-Up under Steady-State Heat Loads

In a fusion reactor,due to high heat flux（HHF） loads,the plasma facing components（PFCs） will suffer severe thermal shock.In this paper,the temperature distribution and thermal-stress field of tungsten armor under HHF loads were investigated by the method of finite element modeling and simulating.The orthogonal experiment and range analysis were employed to compare the influence degree of four representative factors：steady-state heat flux;thickness of tungsten armor;inner diameter of cooling tube and the coefficient of convection heat transfer（CCHF） of cooling water,on thermal shock behavior tungsten mock-ups,and then get an optimization model to conduct the transient heat flux experiment.The final simulation results indicated that the steady-state heat flux and the thickness of W armor are the main influential factors for the maximum temperature of mock-ups.Furthermore,the influence of transient thermal shock all mainly concentrates on the shallow surface layer of tungsten（about 500 μm） under different transient heat flux（duration 0.5 ms）.The results are useful for the structural design and the optimization of tungsten based plasma facing materials for the demonstration reactor（DEMO） or other future reactors.