Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Flight And Stability Of A Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Target In The Drift Region Between Injection And The Reaction Chamber With Computational Fluid Dynamics, Tiffany Leilani Mitori
Flight And Stability Of A Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Target In The Drift Region Between Injection And The Reaction Chamber With Computational Fluid Dynamics, Tiffany Leilani Mitori
Master's Theses
A Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) target’s flight through a low Reynolds number and high Mach number regime was analyzed with computational fluid dynamics software. This regime consisted of xenon gas at 1,050 K and approximately 6,670 Pa. Simulations with similar flow conditions were performed over a sphere and compared with experimental data and published correlations for validation purposes. Transient considerations of the developing flow around the target were explored. Simulations of the target at different velocities were used to determine correlations for the drag coefficient and Nusselt number as functions of the Reynolds number. Simulations with different target angles …