Ejection of Particles from the Free Surface of Shock-Loaded Lead into Vacuum and Gas Medium

The presence and behavior of a gas–metal interfacial layer at the free surface of shock-wave driven flying vehicles in gases of various compositions and densities has not been sufficiently studied so far. We present new comparative data on “dusting” from the free surface of lead into vacuum and gas as dependent on the surface roughness, pressure amplitude at the shock-wave front, and phase state of the material. Methods of estimating the mass flux of ejected particles in the presence of a gas medium at the free metal surface are proposed.     

Experimental-calculation simulation of the ejection of particles from a shock-loaded surface

The possibilities of measuring complex Pylenie, which is intended for studying the parameters of the particles ejected from the free surface of a shock-loaded material and was created at the Institute of Experimental Gas Dynamics and Detonation Physics RFNC-VNIIEF, are demonstrated. The operation of the complex is based on the following three methods, which are based on different physical principles and supplement each other: laser-optical method (macro- and microfilming), pulsed X-ray method, and piezoelectric pressure sensors. This complex is used to study the ejection of particles from the free surface of lead samples when a shock wave with a pressure of 7, 16, and 23 GPa at its front reaches this surface. The effect of the surface roughness and the pressure amplitude at the shock wave front on the quantitative characteristics of the process is shown. The calculation-theoretical simulation is performed by two-dimensional numerical calculations of gasdynamic flows, and the calculation results are used to estimate the “ejecta” characteristics in terms of the developed phenomenological model of the process.     

悬浮RDX炸药粉尘爆轰的数值模拟

用两相流模型对悬浮RDX炸药粉尘爆轰波进行了数值模拟。RDX炸药颗粒在爆轰波阵面后的高温高速气流中加速并升温,颗粒表面发生熔化。参考液滴在高速气流作用下剥离的效应,假设炸药熔化部分在高速气流的作用下发生剥离,破碎成极小的颗粒,瞬时发生分解反应,释放出能量支持爆轰波传播。数值模拟了在不同粒径和浓度的悬浮RDX炸药粉尘中爆轰波的发展与传播过程,得到了爆轰波流场中气-固两相的物理量分布,并确定了爆轰波参数。在较低的RDX粉尘浓度条件下,爆轰波阵面压力的峰值曲线出现振荡。当RDX粉尘浓度在80~150 g/m3时,数值模拟得到的爆轰波阵面压力峰值曲线的振荡是规则的;当RDX粉尘浓度为70 g/m3时,爆轰波阵面压力峰值曲线出现不规则振荡。     

强激光加载下锡材料微喷颗粒与气体混合回收实验研究及颗粒度分析

冲击波在金属材料自由面卸载时,材料表面会形成微颗粒向外喷射,这是材料表面一种特殊的破坏形态.在内爆压缩和高压工程领域的相关物理过程中,微喷射颗粒是引起界面混合现象的重要来源,会直接影响后期的混合状态和压缩过程.而微颗粒的尺寸、形态、运动速度等是开展微喷混合过程理论和数值模拟研究的重要参数.由于实验中动态诊断的难度较大,目前已获取的微喷颗粒尺寸及分布数据十分有限.基于神光Ⅲ原型激光装置,本文设计并开展了强激光驱动冲击加载,锡材料微喷颗粒经过气体区混合后,低密度泡沫材料对微颗粒进行回收分析的实验研究.通过对微喷颗粒回收样品的X光电子计算机断层扫描分析和图像重建,获得了两个典型加载压强条件下与气体混合后微喷颗粒的三维图像,通过与真空实验条件下回收微喷颗粒图像的对比分析,对混合后的微喷颗粒分布形态有了初步的认识;测量统计了回收颗粒尺寸与数目,并通过分析,给出了微喷颗粒尺寸的双指数分布规律.     

Pressure variation by a magnetohydrodynamic method at the surface of a body placed in a supersonic flow

This study is aimed at investigating the possibility of pressure variation near the surface of a body placed in a supersonic flow as a model of an aerofoil or the nose of an aircraft by organizing a surface gas discharge in a magnetic field transverse to the flow. The flow parameters and pressure are mainly affected by the ponderomotive Lorentz force acting on the gas in the direction orthogonal to the direction of the organized discharge current and leading to the removal or compression of the gas at the surface of the body and, hence, a variation of pressure. Experimental data on the visualization of the flow and on the pressure at the surface of the body are considered for various configurations of the current and intensities of the gas discharge and magnetic field; it is demonstrated that such configurations of the current and magnetic field near the surface of the body under investigation can be organized in such a way that the pressure at the front part as well as the upper and lower surfaces of the body under investigation can be increased or decreased, thus changing the aerodynamic drag and the aerofoil lift. Such a magnetohydrodynamic control over aerodynamic parameters of the aircraft can be used during takeoff and landing as well as during steady-state flight and also during the entrance into dense atmospheric layers. This will considerably reduce the thermal load on the surface of the body in the flow.     

Analysis of the force action of a gas jet on the surface of a liquid

The results of theoretical and experimental investigations of the interaction of a gas jet with the surface of a viscous liquid are reported. Relations are derived for calculating the force exerted by the gas jet on the liquid surface. A dependence of the gas jet compression ratio in the nozzle outlet on the pressure in front of the nozzle is revealed. The values of the shape factor for the indentation formed by the gas jet on the surface of the liquid are determined for various diameters of the indentation and the distances between the outlet hole of the nozzle and the liquid surface. The theoretical conclusions formulated here are confirmed by the results of experiments.     

激光驱动气库材料实现准等熵压缩理论模型分析

激光驱动气库材料可用于实现准等熵压缩,为了预估样品靶前表面的峰值压力及分析样品靶前表面压力随时间变化曲线,建立了一个简化的理论模型用于描述这一物理过程。激光入射在气库材料上产生冲击波,冲击波到达气库材料背表面卸载使其成为等离子体,进而在真空中自由膨胀。在膨胀的过程中,等离子体密度、温度不断降低,并堆积在样品前端使样品表面的温度、压力缓慢上升,实现准等熵压缩。将气库材料近似为多方气体,对其进行分层处理,求解得到每一层等离子体自由膨胀的解析解,进而编写程序计算多层等离子体堆积在样品前端压力随时间变化曲线。与实验上获得样品自由面粒子速度后用背积分方法获得的样品前端压力随时间变化曲线进行对比,较为吻合,表明这种模型可以用于预估样品前端压力。     

Work function measurements on rhenium foils in a directed cesium flux: Thermionic converter applications

The effective electron work function was measured on polycrystalline Re surfaces with a continuous Cs flux directed on the surface. Surface temperatures of 400–1600 K were used, and work functions as low as 1.0±0.1 eV were found between 400 and 700 K. The Cs flux density corresponded to a pressure less than 10^-3 mbar. Similar work functions were usually found for both the front side of the sample (12.5 μm thick 99.99% Re foil) and for the back, which was not exposed to any Cs flux from the gas phase or the beam. No ionized gas phase outside the sample contributed to the large electron currents measured. Both bulk and surface diffusion processes transported Cs to the back of the sample. The low work functions are attributed to the existence of oxygen buried in the topmost layers of the metal, thus giving a low work function with only a small possibility of removal by Cs attack. Any great influence of rhenium oxides or cesium oxides is ruled out by the experimental situation. Re surfaces with subsurface oxygen appear to be of great interest as collectors in thermionic energy converters.     

Gas protection optimization during Nd:YAG laser welding

Many laser processes, such as welding or surface treatments are associated with an undesired phenomenon, which is oxidation. The solution commonly employed to solve this problem approaches the shielding gas and/or the shielding gas device. What we propose in this paper is a methodology with the goal to optimize the protection gas device design as well as the gas flow in the case of laser welding and surface treatments. The pressure created by the gas flow on the sample surface is recorded and analysed together with the operating parameters influence in order to reach the objectives. The nozzle system designed and presented below assures the protection against material oxidation using minimal gas flow rates and increases the welding penetration in the case of high-power Nd:YAG laser welding.     

强激光辐照下纳米铜动态拉伸型断裂的数值模拟

 基于强激光辐照加载下纳米铜的层裂实验,采用含逾渗软化函数的损伤度函数模型对实验结果进行了数值模拟研究。强激光加载条件被简化为高斯分布脉冲压力施加在镍合金基体的前表面上。数值计算结果显示：损伤演化明显地改变了试样中波传播特性,无论是对微损伤还是完全层裂的试样,计算都较好地再现了实测自由面速度剖面,表明了含逾渗软化函数的损伤度函数模型在强激光加载条件下纳米铜层裂问题分析中具有较好适用性。     

双波长自由载流子吸收技术测量半导体载流子体寿命和表面复合速率

提出了采用双波长自由载流子吸收技术同时测量半导体材料载流子体寿命和前表面复合速率的方法.通过数值模拟,定性分析了不同载流子体寿命和前表面复合速率对信号的影响,同时对测量参数的可接受范围和不确定度进行计算并与传统频率扫描自由载流子吸收方法测量结果进行比较.结果表明：提出的双波长自由载流子吸收方法可明显减小载流子体寿命和前表面复合速率的测量不确定度,提高参数测量精度;表面杂质和缺陷越多的样品,其前表面复合速率测量不确定度越小.进一步分析表明,此现象与不同波长激光抽运产生的过剩载流子浓度分布不同有关.     

Well Posedness for the Motion of a Compressible Liquid with Free Surface Boundary

We study the motion of a compressible perfect liquid body in vacuum. This can be thought of as a model for the motion of the ocean or a star. The free surface moves with the velocity of the liquid and the pressure vanishes on the free surface. This leads to a free boundary problem for Euler's equations, where the regularity of the boundary enters to highest order. We prove local existence in Sobolev spaces assuming a ``physical condition', related to the fact that the pressure of a fluid has to be positive. The author was supported in part by the National Science Foundation.     

Suppression of Ag deposition by Ar gas in mtorr range and its implication to mitigation of impurity deposition on first mirrors

We observe that Ar gas confined in a tube maintained at a pressure higher than 10 mtorr by a baffled duct is very effective in minimizing the deposition of incoming Ag particles onto the surface of quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) in the tube. Ar gas is introduced into the tube and the gas flow to the main chamber is minimized by a baffled duct. In this way, the tube pressure of 10 mTorr or higher is achieved. The pressure is found to be enough to suppress the deposition of nearly 97% Ag particles onto the QCM in the tube. The suppression of the Ag deposition is successfully explained by reduced mean-free path at the high pressure in the tube. We propose that the present approach can be very promising in the mitigation of impurity particles on first mirrors in thermonuclear reactors.     

轰击阴极的重粒子能量分布

采用蒙特卡罗模拟对氮辉光放电等离子体中轰击极阴的重粒子（N2^ ,N^ ,Nf及N2f）能量分布随放电参数的变化规律进行了研究。结果表明：阴极臂前诸粒子的能量分布取决于粒子被加速的能量和碰撞频率,能量较低的快原子Nf的密度比高能粒子N^ 的密度最近两个量级。在活性氮粒子（N^ ,Nf）产率最高的放电条件下,适当降低放电气压,提高阴极位降和气体温度,有利于两种活性氮粒子（N^ ,Nf）达到阴极。     

Flame acceleration process and detonation transition in a channel with roughness elements on a wall

We experimentally investigated the effect of small roughness elements, which could be regarded as the wall roughness, on flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT). Our previous experiments (Maeda et al., 2019) using the sandpaper-like irregular roughness indicated that the flame acceleration and the associated DDT were greatly enhanced by the roughness. In this study, CH* chemiluminescence imaging as well as schlieren imaging was conducted in parallel with pressure measurements using an ethylene-oxygen combustion in the channel (486 mm long, 10 mm square cross-section) with the regular roughness (square pyramid elements with a base length and a height of 1 mm) in order to directly link the interference between the flow-field affected by the roughness and the propagating flame surface resulting the enhancement of chemical reactions, whereas the schlieren imaging alone could not allow to discuss the chemical reaction field in the previous study. After the leading shock wave was formed by the initial finger flame acceleration process, multiple interactions were observed on the flame front with the flow-field and pressure disturbances of the unreacted gas near the roughness elements. The results provided clear evidence that the roughness emphasized the effect of boundary layer, and the region where the disturbance layer and the flame were interacting coincided with the strong chemical reaction in the chemiluminescence image, indicating increase of the flame surface area caused by the turbulence on the flame front, which was also validated by the rough estimation of the burning velocity. The detonation onset was observed at the flame surface near the wall with the roughness elements. The possible factors of the final detonation transition were deduced to be the hot spot formation based on the multiple interactions of pressure waves with the roughness elements and entrainment of the unreacted gas of the highly turbulent flame front.     

On the mechanism of the deflagration-to-detonation transition in a hydrogen-oxygen mixture

The flame acceleration and the physical mechanism underlying the deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) have been studied experimentally, theoretically, and using a two-dimensional gasdynamic model for a hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture by taking into account the chain chemical reaction kinetics for eight components. A flame accelerating in a tube is shown to generate shock waves that are formed directly at the flame front just before DDT occurred, producing a layer of compressed gas adjacent to the flame front. A mixture with a density higher than that of the initial gas enters the flame front, is heated, and enters into reaction. As a result, a high-amplitude pressure peak is formed at the flame front. An increase in pressure and density at the leading edge of the flame front accelerates the chemical reaction, causing amplification of the compression wave and an exponentially rapid growth of the pressure peak, which “drags” the flame behind. A high-amplitude compression wave produces a strong shock immediately ahead of the reaction zone, generating a detonation wave. The theory and numerical simulations of the flame acceleration and the new physical mechanism of DDT are in complete agreement with the experimentally observed flame acceleration, shock formation, and DDT in a hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture.     

Dynamics of water intercalation fronts in a nano-layered synthetic silicate: A synchrotron X-ray scattering study

We performed synchrotron X-ray scattering studies of the dynamics of the water intercalation front in a Na–Fluorohectorite clay. Like other smectite clays, fluorohectorite particles can swell due to intercalation of successive water layers. Monitoring the intensities of Bragg peaks of the known 1- and 2-water-layer hydration states at different positions in the sample enabled spatial and temporal measurement of the proportions of the different hydration states. From experiments with controlled temperature and an imposed humidity gradient on a quasi one-dimensional powder sample, we were able to localize the intercalation front and demonstrate that the width of this front was smaller than 2 mm after penetrating 9 mm into the sample. The speed at which the intercalation front advanced through the sample during the diffusion process was shown to decrease with time. The diffraction signature of random water intercalation in the vicinity of the intercalation front also provided information on the changes in the water content of the mesopores around clay particles.     

Kinetics of charged particles in a high-voltage gas discharge in a nonuniform electrostatic field

A high-voltage gas discharge is of interest as a possible means of generating directed flows of low-temperature plasma in the off-electrode space distinguished by its original features [1–4]. We propose a model for calculating the trajectories of charges particles in a high-voltage gas discharge in nitrogen at a pressure of 0.15 Torr existing in a nonuniform electrostatic field and the strength of this field. Based on the results of our calculations, we supplement and refine the extensive experimental data concerning the investigation of such a discharge published in [1, 2, 5–8]; good agreement between the theory and experiment has been achieved. The discharge burning is initiated and maintained through bulk electron-impact ionization and ion–electron emission. We have determined the sizes of the cathode surface regions responsible for these processes, including the sizes of the axial zone involved in the discharge generation. The main effect determining the kinetics of charged particles consists in a sharp decrease in the strength of the field under consideration outside the interelectrode space, which allows a free motion of charges with specific energies and trajectories to be generated in it. The simulation results confirm that complex electrode systems that allow directed plasma flows to be generated at a discharge current of hundreds or thousands of milliamperes and a voltage on the electrodes of 0.3–1 kV can be implemented in practice [3, 9, 10].     

冲击作用下金属表面微喷射的分子动力学模拟

利用二维分子动力学程序,结合类紧束缚杂化多体势,研究冲击载荷下金属表面包含沟槽型缺陷的微喷射动力学过程.在产生微喷射以后,结果表明材料内部传播着两种波系:反射稀疏波和二次加载压缩波,其中,反射稀疏波波面与沟槽形状相似,而二次压缩波波面随沟槽夹角的变化而变化;并形成了两个压强区:负压区和正压区,负压区的存在表明材料中可能产生微损伤.同时,统计结果表明微喷射体的速度随沟槽半角增加而增加的趋势,微喷射体的粒子数随沟槽半角增大而减少的趋势,当沟槽半角大于60°,微喷射效应消失.以上计算结果可以定性说明射流是沟槽型 关键词： 冲击波 沟槽型缺陷 微喷射 分子动力学