Calculations of Concentric Cylindrical Foil Liner Implosions to Produce Collapsing Radiation Cavities.

Abstract

This report presents the concept and results of calculations of the use of colliding concentric cylindrical foil liners to produce collapsing radiation cavities. The concept is to use a magnetic pressure driven foil plasma liner to implode on a second interior liner at several tens of centimeters per microsecond. The outer liner collision with the inner liner converts the implosion kinetic energy to thermal energy, with temperatures of 100 to 200 electron volts possible. The calculations were done with a dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code and multigroup radiation treatment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA342505

Entities

People

  • Brian M. Rogers
  • J. Buff
  • J. Degnan
  • M. Alme

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Collisions
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • High Temperature
  • Implosions
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Radiation
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics