Journal Article

Theoretical and simulation research of hydrodynamic instabilities in inertial-confinement fusion implosions

LiFeng Wang WenHua Ye XianTu He JunFeng Wu ZhengFeng Fan Chuang Xue HongYu Guo WenYong Miao YongTeng Yuan JiaQin Dong Guo Jia Jing Zhang YingJun Li Jie Liu Min Wang YongKun Ding WeiYan Zhang

2017

Overview

Inertial fusion energy （IFE） has been considered a promising, nearly inexhaustible source of sustainable carbon-free power for the world＇s energy future. It has long been recognized that the control of hydrodynamic instabilities is of critical importance for ignition and high-gain in the inertial-confinement fusion （ICF） hot-spot ignition scheme. In this mini-review, we summarize the progress of theoretical and simulation research of hydrodynamic instabilities in the ICF central hot-spot implosion in our group over the past decade. In order to obtain sufficient understanding of the growth of hydrodynamic instabilities in ICF, we first decompose the problem into different stages according to the implosion physics processes. The decomposed essential physics pro- cesses that are associated with ICF implosions, such as Rayleigh-Taylor instability （RTI）, Richtmyer-Meshkov instability （RMI）, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability （KHI）, convergent geometry effects, as well as perturbation feed-through are reviewed. Analyti- cal models in planar, cylindrical, and spherical geometries have been established to study different physical aspects, including density-gradient, interface-coupling, geometry, and convergent effects. The influence of ablation in the presence of preheating on the RTI has been extensively studied by numerical simulations. The KHI considering the ablation effect has been discussed in detail for the first time. A series of single-mode ablative RTI experiments has been performed on the Shenguang-II laser facility. The theoretical and simulation research provides us the physical insights of linear and weakly nonlinear growths, and nonlinear evolutions of the hydrodynamic instabilities in ICF implosions, which has directly supported the research of ICF ignition target design. The ICF hot-spot ignition implosion design that uses several controlling features, based on our current understanding of hydrodynamic instabilities, to address shell implosion stability, has been briefly described, several of which are novel.

• Publisher: Science China Press,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Ablation / Astronomy / Classical and Continuum Physics / Confinement / Convergence / Decomposition / Heating / High gain / Ignition / Implosions / Inertial fusion (reactor) / Invited Review / Kelvin-Helmholtz instability / Mathematical models / Observations and Techniques / Physics / Physics and Astronomy / Rayleigh / Richtmeyer-Meshkov instability / Shell stability / Simulation / Taylor instability / 仿真 / 内爆过程 / 力学不稳定性 / 动力不稳定性 / 惯性约束聚变 / 物理过程 / 非线性增长