Growth of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability induced by time-varying heat-flux perturbation

Liu Yang; Zhang De-Hua; Xin Jing-Fei; Pu Yudong; Li Jun; Tao Tao; Sun Dejun; Yan Rui; Zheng Jian

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Liu Yang, Zhang De-Hua, Xin Jing-Fei, Pu Yudong, Li Jun, Tao Tao, Sun Dejun, Yan Rui, Zheng Jian. Growth of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability induced by time-varying heat-flux perturbation[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 016603. doi: 10.1063/5.0157344

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Liu Yang, Zhang De-Hua, Xin Jing-Fei, Pu Yudong, Li Jun, Tao Tao, Sun Dejun, Yan Rui, Zheng Jian. Growth of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability induced by time-varying heat-flux perturbation[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 016603. doi: 10.1063/5.0157344

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Liu Yang, Zhang De-Hua, Xin Jing-Fei, Pu Yudong, Li Jun, Tao Tao, Sun Dejun, Yan Rui, Zheng Jian. Growth of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability induced by time-varying heat-flux perturbation[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 016603. doi: 10.1063/5.0157344

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Growth of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability induced by time-varying heat-flux perturbation

doi: 10.1063/5.0157344

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Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, Hefei 230026, China
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Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
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Department of Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: ruiyan@ustc.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-05-07
Accepted Date: 2023-09-17

Available Online: 2024-01-01

Publish Date: 2024-01-01

Abstract

Abstract

The evolution of ablative Rayleigh–Taylor instability (ARTI) induced by single-mode stationary and time-varying perturbations in heat flux is studied numerically in two dimensions. Compared with the stationary case, time-varying heat-flux perturbation mitigates ARTI growth because of the enhanced thermal smoothing induced by the wave-like traveling heat flux. A resonance is found to form when the phase velocity of the heat-flux perturbation matches the average sound speed in the ablation region. In the resonant regime, the coherent density and temperature fluctuations enhance the electron thermal conduction in the ablation region and lead to larger ablation pressure and effective acceleration, which consequently yield higher linear growth rate and saturated bubble velocity. The enhanced effective acceleration offers increased implosion velocity but can also compromise the integrity of inertial confinement fusion shells by causing faster ARTI growth.

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