Computational Modeling of the Trailmaster Procyon System
Abstract
The goal of the Los Alamos Foil Implosion project (Trail- master) is the development of an intense source of soft x- rays for materials and fusion studies. The x-ray source in the Trailmaster project is a foil initiated z-pinch. The next system in the Trailmaster project is designed to deliver 15 MA of current to the imploding liner creating approximately 1 MJ of soft x-ray radiation in a submicrosecond pulse. This system, designated Procyon, will consist of a Mark IX helical explosive generator, an explosively formed fuse (EFF) opening switch, detonator closing switches, a vacuum powerflow channel, a plasma flow switch (PFS), and the imploding foil load. Companion papers at this conference will discuss the status of subsystem experiments leading up to the Procyon system, Procyon diagnostics, 3 and details of MHD simulations of the plasma flow switch. 4 In the present paper we will focus on the computational modeling of the overall Procyon system. This effort includes circuit and zero- dimensional point mass (slug) modeling, 1-D and 2-D radiation MHD calculations, and 3-D radiation transport and view factor modeling of the vacuum powerflow channel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA639855
Entities
People
- Arthur E. Greene
- D. G. Rickel
- D. L. Peterson
- D. L. Weiss
- Henn Oona
- J. H. Brownell
- Jasmes H. Goforth
- R. L. Bowers
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory