Calculation of the flux in a split-ring nozzle with partial after-expansion and heat input
Abstract
The method of characteristic curves is applied to the study of a stationary nonisoenergetic supersonic flux. The results of the study have bearing on a proposed method for obtaining the intense neutron beam required in fusion by using energy-rich tritium ions to bombard a supersonic gas target composed of deuterium. Patterns of Mach number change are presented for a split-ring nozzle with partial after-expansion and heat input for various combinations of heat and pressure parameters.
- Publication:
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Gesellschaft angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik Jahrestagung Goettingen West Germany Zeitschrift Flugwissenschaften
- Pub Date:
- July 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978GMMWJ..58..292M
- Keywords:
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- Controlled Fusion;
- Gas Expansion;
- Heat Transmission;
- Neutron Beams;
- Nozzle Flow;
- Supersonic Flow;
- Deuterium;
- Laminar Flow;
- Mach Number;
- Thermodynamic Properties;
- Tritium;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer