Feb. 25, 2021
This is a HYDRA simulation of an ICF implosion with an imposed HDC shell thickness asymmetry. The result plotted here is a significantly distorted shell at peak compression (background color scale) along with the induced hotspot flow field. Image by Chris Schroeder and Jose Milovich
(Download Image)Study Reveals Cause of 3D Asymmetry in ICF implosions
By Michael Padilla
In a study published in Physical Review Letters, LLNL researchers illuminated how tiny imperfections in a high-density carbon capsule can grow into huge distortions, one of the principal causes of a significant degradation in ICF implosions at NIF. Read more...
