Open AccessNumerical simulation analysis of Z-pinch implosion using MARED code
Author(s) -
Ning Ding,
Jiming Wu,
Zhensheng Dai,
Yang Zhang,
Yin Li,
Yao Yan-Zhong,
Shunkai Sun,
Ning Cheng,
Xiaojian Shu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.59.8707
Subject(s) - implosion , z pinch , pinch , physics , magnetohydrodynamics , radiation , instability , mechanics , nuclear engineering , computational physics , optics , plasma , nuclear physics , engineering
To develop reliable numerical simulation tools is very important for the theoretical research, the experimental analysis and the load designing of Z-pinch implosions. A dedicated Z-pinch implosion physical scheme of the two-dimensional numerical simulation of three-temperature radiation magnetohydrodynamics MARED code is introduced. The results of its one-dimensional test demonstrate that the MARED code is suited for simulating implosions on different devices and in a wide range of load parameters. A combination between the simulations and the measurements of the wire-array Z-pinch experiment shows that under the same load conditions, the X-ray radiation power produced by the tungsten wire-array implosion is much higher than that generated by the aluminum wire array. With the same load current, a greater load mass gains a lower X-ray power. However, the X-ray radiation power increases with the load current. The MARED code is found to be able to reproduce the primary dynamic characteristics of the Z-pinch implosions, and the development of the instability qualitatively aecords with the simplified instability theoretical analysis and experimental results. It is also used to simulate the radiation field formation of the wire-array with filling column at the axis, and its preliminary results are qualitatively consistent with the simulation results from the Sandia laboratory.