Numerical Modeling of Complex Targets for High-Energy- Density Experiments with Ion Beams and other Drivers

Koniges, Alice; Liu, Wangyi; Lidia, Steven; Schenkel, Thomas; Barnard, John; Friedman, Alex; Eder, David; Fisher, Aaron; Masters, Nathan

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012053

Title: Numerical Modeling of Complex Targets for High-Energy- Density Experiments with Ion Beams and other Drivers

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We explore the simulation challenges and requirements for experiments planned on facilities such as the NDCX-II ion accelerator at LBNL, currently undergoing commissioning. Hydrodynamic modeling of NDCX-II experiments include certain lower temperature effects, e.g., surface tension and target fragmentation, that are not generally present in extreme high-energy laser facility experiments, where targets are completely vaporized in an extremely short period of time. Target designs proposed for NDCX-II range from metal foils of order one micron thick (thin targets) to metallic foam targets several tens of microns thick (thick targets). These high-energy-density experiments allow for the study of fracture as well as the process of bubble and droplet formation. We incorporate these physics effects into a code called ALE-AMR that uses a combination of Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian hydrodynamics and Adaptive Mesh Refinement. Inclusion of certain effects becomes tricky as we must deal with non-orthogonal meshes of various levels of refinement in three dimensions. A surface tension model used for droplet dynamics is implemented in ALE-AMR using curvature calculated from volume fractions. Thick foam target experiments provide information on how ion beam induced shock waves couple into kinetic energy of fluid flow. Although NDCX-II is not fully commissioned, experiments are being conductedmore »« less

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Koniges, Alice ^[1]; Liu, Wangyi ^[1]; Lidia, Steven ^[1]; Schenkel, Thomas ^[1]; Barnard, John ^[2]; Friedman, Alex ^[2]; Eder, David ^[2]; Fisher, Aaron ^[2]; Masters, Nathan ^[2]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1266682

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-644957
Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physics. Conference Series

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 688; Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION

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                    Koniges, Alice, Liu, Wangyi, Lidia, Steven, Schenkel, Thomas, Barnard, John, Friedman, Alex, Eder, David, Fisher, Aaron, and Masters, Nathan. Numerical Modeling of Complex Targets for High-Energy- Density Experiments with Ion Beams and other Drivers.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Koniges, Alice, Liu, Wangyi, Lidia, Steven, Schenkel, Thomas, Barnard, John, Friedman, Alex, Eder, David, Fisher, Aaron, & Masters, Nathan. Numerical Modeling of Complex Targets for High-Energy- Density Experiments with Ion Beams and other Drivers.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012053

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                    Koniges, Alice, Liu, Wangyi, Lidia, Steven, Schenkel, Thomas, Barnard, John, Friedman, Alex, Eder, David, Fisher, Aaron, and Masters, Nathan. Fri .  
"Numerical Modeling of Complex Targets for High-Energy- Density Experiments with Ion Beams and other Drivers".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012053.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1266682.

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  title        = {Numerical Modeling of Complex Targets for High-Energy- Density Experiments with Ion Beams and other Drivers},

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  abstractNote = {We explore the simulation challenges and requirements for experiments planned on facilities such as the NDCX-II ion accelerator at LBNL, currently undergoing commissioning. Hydrodynamic modeling of NDCX-II experiments include certain lower temperature effects, e.g., surface tension and target fragmentation, that are not generally present in extreme high-energy laser facility experiments, where targets are completely vaporized in an extremely short period of time. Target designs proposed for NDCX-II range from metal foils of order one micron thick (thin targets) to metallic foam targets several tens of microns thick (thick targets). These high-energy-density experiments allow for the study of fracture as well as the process of bubble and droplet formation. We incorporate these physics effects into a code called ALE-AMR that uses a combination of Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian hydrodynamics and Adaptive Mesh Refinement. Inclusion of certain effects becomes tricky as we must deal with non-orthogonal meshes of various levels of refinement in three dimensions. A surface tension model used for droplet dynamics is implemented in ALE-AMR using curvature calculated from volume fractions. Thick foam target experiments provide information on how ion beam induced shock waves couple into kinetic energy of fluid flow. Although NDCX-II is not fully commissioned, experiments are being conducted that explore material defect production and dynamics.},

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  journal      = {Journal of Physics. Conference Series},

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