COUPLING OF RADIATION TRANSPORT WITH THE GAS-DYNAMICS FOR HYLIFE-II ANALYSIS

Gas dynamics in an inertial confinement fusion reactor involves extrem ely high energy and temperatures. In those temperature range, gaseous radiation can be critical to the dynamics phenomenon. This study prese nts a method that couples an one-dimensional radiation transfer model with an Eulerian gas dynamics code for HYLIFE-II studies. The results reveals that radiation modifies the shock interaction pattern drastica lly. Although there are more sophisticated methods of computing one-di mensional radiation transport than the model implemented in current st udy, the methodology used here are extendible to two-dimensional schem es.