Measured laser fusion gains reproduced by self-similar volume compression and volume ignition for NIF conditions

1998 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 743-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEINRICH HORA ◽  
H. AZECHI ◽  
Y. KITAGAWA ◽  
K. MIMA ◽  
M. MURAKAMI ◽  
...  

The recent high core gains of 29% in laser fusion experiments at the LLE Rochester are evaluated and compared with related earlier measurements where surprisingly the self-similarity model for volume compression provides a common description. This is a proof that the isentropic conditions of stagnation-free compression were mostly fulfilled at the optimized experimental gains, in contrast to highly entropy-producing shock and central spark conditions. Some projections are given of how these results may be generalized to volume ignition for the parameters of the NIF (National Ignition Facility). The proof of stagnation-free volume compression for the best laser fusion gains indicates the advantages of volume ignition, which not only is ‘robust’ and simply follows the natural adiabatic compression, but also is much less sensitive to instabilities and mixing. However, its essential advantage is that it is free from symmetry problems – in contrast to spark ignition, with its spherical detonation front.

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 314
Author(s):  
Tianyu Jing ◽  
Huilan Ren ◽  
Jian Li

The present study investigates the similarity problem associated with the onset of the Mach reflection of Zel’dovich–von Neumann–Döring (ZND) detonations in the near field. The results reveal that the self-similarity in the frozen-limit regime is strictly valid only within a small scale, i.e., of the order of the induction length. The Mach reflection becomes non-self-similar during the transition of the Mach stem from “frozen” to “reactive” by coupling with the reaction zone. The triple-point trajectory first rises from the self-similar result due to compressive waves generated by the “hot spot”, and then decays after establishment of the reactive Mach stem. It is also found, by removing the restriction, that the frozen limit can be extended to a much larger distance than expected. The obtained results elucidate the physical origin of the onset of Mach reflection with chemical reactions, which has previously been observed in both experiments and numerical simulations.


Fractals ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 349-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
BÜNYAMIN DEMÍR ◽  
ALI DENÍZ ◽  
ŞAHIN KOÇAK ◽  
A. ERSIN ÜREYEN

Lapidus and Pearse proved recently an interesting formula about the volume of tubular neighborhoods of fractal sprays, including the self-similar fractals. We consider the graph-directed fractals in the sense of graph self-similarity of Mauldin-Williams within this framework of Lapidus-Pearse. Extending the notion of complex dimensions to the graph-directed fractals we compute the volumes of tubular neighborhoods of their associated tilings and give a simplified and pointwise proof of a version of Lapidus-Pearse formula, which can be applied to both self-similar and graph-directed fractals.


2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (09) ◽  
pp. 1450078
Author(s):  
Victor Ts. Gurovich ◽  
Leonid G. Fel

We calculate the quasiclassical probability to emerge the quantum fluctuation which gives rise to the quark-matter drop with interface propagating as the self-similar spherical detonation wave (DN) in the ambient nuclear matter. For this purpose, we make use of instanton method which is known in the quantum field theory.


Fractals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950016 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIN CHEN ◽  
LONG HE ◽  
QIN WANG

The eccentric distance sum is concerned with complex networks. To obtain the asymptotic formula of eccentric distance sum on growing Sierpiński networks, we study some nonlinear integral in terms of self-similar measure on the Sierpiński gasket and use the self-similarity of distance and measure to obtain the exact value of this integral.


2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (04) ◽  
pp. 1650065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahsa Vaghefi ◽  
Ali Motie Nasrabadi ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani ◽  
Mohammad Reza Mohammadi ◽  
Shahriar Gharibzadeh

Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) is a scaling analysis method that can identify intrinsic self-similarity in any nonstationary time series. In contrast, Wavelet Transform (WT) method is widely used to investigate the self-similar processes, as the self-similarity properties exist within the subbands. Therefore, a combination of these two approaches, DFA and WPT, is promising for rigorous investigation of such a system. In this paper a new methodology, so-called wavelet DFA, is introduced and interpreted to evaluate this idea. This approach, further than identifying self-similarity properties, enable us to detect and capture the chaos-periodic transitions, band merging, and internal crisis in systems that become chaotic through period-doubling phenomena. Changes of wavelet DFA exponent have been compared with that of Lyapunov and DFA through Logistic, Sine, Gaussian, Cubic, and Quartic Maps. Furthermore, the potential capabilities of this new exponent have been presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 710 ◽  
pp. 482-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elad Rind ◽  
Ian P. Castro

AbstractDirect numerical simulation has been used to study the effects of external turbulence on axisymmetric wakes. In the absence of such turbulence, the time-developing axially homogeneous wake is found to have the self-similar properties expected whereas, in the absence of the wake, the turbulence fields had properties similar to Saffman-type turbulence. Merging of the two flows was undertaken for three different levels of external turbulence (relative to the wake strength) and it is shown that the presence of the external turbulence enhances the decay rate of the wake, with the new decay rates increasing with the relative strength of the initial external turbulence. The external turbulence is found to destroy any possibility of self-similarity within the developing wake, causing a significant transformation in the latter as it gradually evolves towards the former.


1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 1239-1240a ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinrich Hora

Since C. Yamanaka et al. demonstrated that the best fusion gains from laser irradiated pellets result only when central shocks are avoided and an ideal volume compression is achieved, the problems o f the central (spark) ignition with necessary densities of 1000 times the solid state may be overcome. Based on an analytical formula of volume ignition, the new conditions should provide reactor adequate laser fusion with compression to 50 to 100 times solid state.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arslan Salim Dar ◽  
Jacob Berg ◽  
Niels Troldborg ◽  
Edward G. Patton

Abstract. We perform large-eddy simulation of flow in complex terrain under neutral atmospheric stratification. We study the self-similar behavior of a turbine wake as a function of varying terrain complexity and perform comparison with a flat terrain. By plotting normalized velocity deficit profiles in different complex terrain cases, we verify that self-similarity is preserved as we move downstream from the turbine. We find that this preservation is valid for a shorter distance downstream compared to what is observed in flat terrain. A larger spread of the profiles toward the tails due to varying levels of shear is also observed.


Author(s):  
José Antonio Belinchón ◽  
Carlos González ◽  
Sami Dib

We study the [Formula: see text] cosmological models under the self-similarity hypothesis. We determine the exact form that each physical and geometrical quantity may take in order that the field equations (FE) admit exact self-similar (SS) solutions through the matter collineation approach. We study two models: the case[Formula: see text] and the case [Formula: see text]. In each case, we state general theorems which determine completely the form of the unknown functions [Formula: see text] such that the FE admit SS solutions. We also state some corollaries as limiting cases. These results are quite general and valid for any homogeneous SS metric[Formula: see text] In this way, we are able to generate new cosmological scenarios. As examples, we study two cases by finding exact solutions to these particular models.


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