• Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 2022, Issue 4, 8720064 (2022)
Vincent P. Chiravalle and Stefano Atzeni
Author Affiliations
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos New Mexico USA
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    DOI: 10.1155/2022/8720064 Cite this Article
    Vincent P. Chiravalle, Stefano Atzeni. Verification and Validation of Two Hydrodynamic Methods for Simulations of High Energy Density Physics Problems[J]. Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 2022(4): 8720064 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A 3D verification and validation suite of test problems is presented and used to evaluate hydrodynamic methods within a radiation hydrodynamics code, xRAGE. These test problems exercise different levels of complexity, building towards ICF problems which in addition to hydrodynamics also include three temperature plasma physics, thermal conduction, and radiation diffusion. Among the problems in the test suite are the Kidder ball problem, the Verney shell problem, and a 5-material compression problem, which exercise different purely hydrodynamic methods implemented within xRAGE. There is excellent agreement between 2D and 3D XRAGE simulation results and between the xRAGE results and the benchmark solutions. Two 3D ICF test problems are also presented, based on an OMEGA direct drive capsule experiment and on a NIF indirect drive capsule experiment. It is demonstrated that the newer unsplit hydrodynamic method in xRAGE produces more vorticity relative to the older default method. For the indirect drive capsule, the 3D simulations are in reasonable agreement with the experimental values of ion temperature and neutron production.
    Vincent P. Chiravalle, Stefano Atzeni. Verification and Validation of Two Hydrodynamic Methods for Simulations of High Energy Density Physics Problems[J]. Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 2022(4): 8720064
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