Accession Number:

ADA021575

Title:

Progress Report on Rotating Liquid Liner Implosion Experiment, 1 June to 31 December 1975.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Turchi,Peter J.

Report Date:

1976-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

A critical question in the use of imploding liner flux compression for controlled fusion has been the stability of the inner surface of the liner. To study the problem experimentally, the existing NRL Imploding Liner Facility was modified to allow the implosion of rotating liquid metal liners. Rotational stabilization of lthe inner surface of a decelerating liquid sodium-potassium liner has been demonstrated, with excellent circularity of the surface during a radial compression of 121. Agreement with theoretical predictions is quite good, and work is proceeding to explore several aspects of interest for higher energy imploding liner systems.

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR FUSION
• *PINCH EFFECT
• STABILITY
• SODIUM
• HEATING
• POTASSIUM
• LIQUID METALS
• IMPLOSIONS

Subject Categories:

• Fusion Devices (Thermonuclear)
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE