Report on Target Action Items.ppt

Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Model of Target 1-D heat conduction equation with variable properties DT vapor (if present)is modeled as a thermal resistance (neglect capacitance) DT solid assumed rigid initially Evaporation/sublimation increase the pressure of the vapor but latent heat effects are negligible Plastic shell deformation behavior modeled (limiting cases: fully rigid and membrane behavior) Deflection of the Plastic Shell due to DT Vapor Pressure Comparison of the Calculated Deflection of the Plastic Shell by Membrane and Bending Theory for a Pressure of 104 Pa for Several Vapor Bubble Sizes , ro Model Results Show Unacceptable High Vapor Region Thickness Based on Membrane Theory Even for Heat Fluxes ~ 1 W/cm2 Pre-existing Vapor Bubbles Could Close if the Bubble Size is Below a Critical Size and the Heat Flux is Above a Critical Value The Critical Bubble Size, ro,crit Depends on Initial Vapor Region Thickness and Initial Bubble Size The Heat Flux Into the Target is Limited by Homogeneous Nucleation (0.8Tc ~ 32 K) Example Case with Insulating Foam Showing the Combined Effect of Including an Insulating Foam and Allowing for Phase Change HAPL Program Meeting, UW, Madison * Report on Target Action Items A.R. Raffray and B. Christensen University of California, San Diego Target Survival Workshop HAPL Program Meeting University of Wisconsin, Madison September 24-25, 2003 Action Items from Last Target Survival Workshop(see /HAPL/MEETINGS/0212-HAPL/program.html) 4. Evaluate how much temperature drop there is to keep the insulated target cold (with beta decay heat) and determine how beneficial this temperature drop is with respect to survival estimates. 5(a). Evaluate the effect of asymmetric heating in particular on local phase change behavior. 5(b). Summarize phase change results from new model for the thermo- mechanical behavior of the target. I II III Plastic Shell Vapor Gap Rigid DT Solid Simplified Target Cross Section DT Vapor Core