中国散裂中子源的多学科应用

中国散裂中子源(China Spallation Neutron Source,CSNS)是我国首台、世界第4台脉冲型中子大科学设施。CSNS基于加速器产生的高能质子轰击钨靶产生中子,然后利用中子进行实验。CSNS面向全世界的用户开放,为科学研究和工业研发服务,在物理、化学、生物、能源、材料等领域都有广泛的应用。文章将介绍CSNS的基本构成、发展历程和中子散射的多学科应用。     

基于欠采样技术的束流相位测量电子学系统设计

采用欠采样技术为中国散裂中子源（CSNS）直线加速器研制了全数字化束流相位测量电子学系统。介绍了该系统的测量原理、整体设计情况,并进行了实验测试。测试采用324 MHz,100 mVpp的正弦信号,测试结果显示相位分辨率优于0.1,通道间相位不一致性可控制在0.2以内,满足设计指标要求。     

CSNS/RCS中的阻抗和束流不稳定性

中国散裂中子源（CSNS）的快循环同步加速器（RCS）是一台强流质子加速器,其束流平均功率达到100 kW。在此强流加速器中,真空部件的阻抗是引起束流不稳定的主要原因,它严重限制了束流强度及品质。对CSNS/RCS设计中的各种真空部件阻抗进行了详细计算,并以计算结果为出发点,理论分析了各种不稳定性强弱,确定了各种不稳定性发生的阻抗阈值,为真空部件结构设计提供了参考。对比较严重的电阻壁阻抗,采用阻抗壁尾场模型进行跟踪模拟,得到不稳定性增长率与理论计算值符合较好。自然色品有助于束流稳定,加入自然色品后模拟,电阻壁不稳定性消失。     

中国散裂中子源铁氧体加载腔的性能研究

利用同轴线理论分析了扫频工作的中国散裂中子源（CSNS）铁氧体加载同轴谐振腔的主要性能参数。给出了铁氧体加载腔在三维电磁场仿真计算中的建模过程,在场分析的基础上提出了陶瓷介质等效谐振电容的方法。将模拟计算得到的腔体的谐振特性与同轴线理论计算和实际腔体测量结果相比较,三者吻合得非常好。通过对腔体样机母排引入的寄生模的实验和模拟研究,提出了解决寄生模问题的方法;通过对腔体内铁氧体环的填充系数的研究,给出了短尺寸腔的扫频工作方案。     

CSNS/RCS中的阻抗和束流不稳定性

中国散裂中子源（CSNS）的快循环同步加速器（RCS）是一台强流质子加速器,其束流平均功率达到100 kW。在此强流加速器中,真空部件的阻抗是引起束流不稳定的主要原因,它严重限制了束流强度及品质。对CSNS/RCS设计中的各种真空部件阻抗进行了详细计算,并以计算结果为出发点,理论分析了各种不稳定性强弱,确定了各种不稳定性发生的阻抗阈值,为真空部件结构设计提供了参考。对比较严重的电阻壁阻抗,采用阻抗壁尾场模型进行跟踪模拟,得到不稳定性增长率与理论计算值符合较好。自然色品有助于束流稳定,加入自然色品后模拟,电阻壁不稳定性消失。     

Dynamic responses of a solid wall in contact with a bubbly liquid excited by thermal shock loading

Several MW-class spallation neutron sources are being developed in the world. Specifically, intensive and high energy protons are injected into heavy liquid metals (mercury, lead or lead-bismuth eutectic) to induce the spallation reaction that produces neutrons. At the moment when the proton beams are injected, thermal shock occurs in the liquid metal, causing pressure waves to propagate in the liquid metal, collide against the container and damage it.It is proposed that microbubbles are injected into the liquid metal to mitigate the impulsive pressure waves by means of absorption and attenuation effects. These effects are dependent on the relationship between bubble size and the rate of pressure increase. In the present experiment, a very rapid rise in pressure in the order of MPa/μs, equivalent to the rise in pressure due to proton beam injection, was simulated by the electric discharge method in a water loop test to investigate the impulsive pressure mitigation effect of injected microbubbles. The solid wall response was measured using an accelerometer, and the dynamic responses of microbubbles were observed using an ultra-high-speed camera filming at 5 × 10⁵ frame/s. The sound velocity in bubbly water was estimated using a differential image technique. It was confirmed from the experimental results that microbubbles are effective in reducing impulsive pressure waves and to suppressing the impact vibration of the solid wall in contact with the liquid.     

Preparation and characteristics of three-layer YSZ-(YSZ/Al2O3)-YSZ TBCs

Novel three-layer YSZ-(YSZ/Al₂O₃)-YSZ (6 wt.% Y₂O₃ partially stabilized ZrO₂) thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) were successfully prepared on Ni-based superalloy substrate using composite sol-gel and pressure filtration microwave sintering (PFMS) techniques. The coatings were evaluated for the cyclic oxidation resistance, thermal barrier effect and the presences of phases and microstructures. FE-SEM results indicate that the coatings were dense and crack-free. The coatings maintained their structural integrity when they were exposed at 1100 for 100 h. They exhibited superior oxidation resistance, spallation resistance and thermal insulation property compared with single-layer YSZ coatings. Moreover, the detailed mechanisms were discussed in order to understand the improved performance of the three-layer TBCs.     

Research into accelerator driven systems using particle track detectors

In the interaction of relativistic protons with heavy and extended targets such as lead, large number of neutrons is produced in the course of the so-called spallation process. These neutrons can be used to drive a sub-critical nuclear assembly for energy generation and/or for the transmutation of the long-lived nuclear waste isotopes to environmentally safer nuclear species. Such nuclear assemblies are referred to as accelerator driven systems (ADS).

Knowledge of the neutron yield in the spallation process and an understanding of the behaviour of these neutrons in the desired sub-critical assembly are the most important and determining factors in the design and operation of these systems. Many parameters related to the neutronics of an ADS can be studied qualitatively as well as quantitatively using solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD). In some circumstances SSNTDs provide the best and the most logical detector option for these investigations.

In this paper applications of the SSNTDs into research related to ADS are discussed and some experimental and theoretical results presented.     

微裂纹串级连接及临界破坏

对一铝合金材料层裂过程的实验研究发现，当损伤累积到一定程度时，受损材料的残余强度突然丧失，表现出临界破坏现象。层裂表面具有分形特征，其分形断面的形成归因于大量微裂纹的串级连接。据此提出了一重正化群弱面模型，并对损伤演化后期的临界破坏现象进行了初步的分析和探讨。     

Analysis of radiation environmental safety for China's Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS)

The China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS)is going to be located in Dalang Town,Dongguan City in the Guangdong Province.In this paper we report the results of the parameters related with environment safety based on experiential calculations and Monte Carlo simulations.The main project of the accelerator is an under ground construction.On top there is a 0.5 m concrete and 5.0 m soil covering for shielding,which can reduce the dose out of the tunnel's top down to 0.2 μSv/h.For the residents on the boundary of the CSNS,the dose produced by skyshine,which is caused by the penetrated radiation leaking from the top of the accelerator,is no more than 0.68 μSv/a.When CSNS is operating normally,the maximal annual effective dose due to the emission of gas from the tunnel is 2.40×10-3 mSv/a to the public adult,and 2.29×10-3 mSv/a to a child,both values are two orders of magnitude less than the limiting value for control and management.CSNS may give rise to an activation of the soil and groundwater in the nearest tunnels,where the main productions are 3H,7Be,22Na,54Mn,etc.But the specific activity is less than the exempt specific activity in the national standard GB13376-92.So it is safe to say that the environmental impact caused by the activation of soil and groundwater is insignificant.To sum up,for CSNS,as a powerful neutron source device,driven by a high-energy high-current proton accelerator,a lot of potential factors affecting the environment exist.However,as long as effective shieldings for protection are adopted and strict rules are drafted,the environmental impact can be kept under control within the limits of the national standard.