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 1Analytical theory for planar shock wave 
focusing through perfect gas lens 1
M. Vandenboomgaerde and C. Aymard CEA, DAM, DIF
1 Submitted to Phys. Fluids  
marc.vandenboomgaerde_at_cea.fr
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 2Convergent shock waves
- Spherical shock waves (s.w.) and hydrodynamics 
instabilities are involved  -  in various phenomena  
 - Lithotripsy Astrophysics Inertial 
confinement fusion (ICF)  - There is a strong need for convergent shock wave 
experiments  - A few shock tubes are fully convergent  AWE, 
Hosseini  - Most shock tubes have straight test section 
 - Some experiments have been done by adding 
convergent test section 
AWE shock tube 2
IUSTI shock tube 3
GALCIT shock tube4
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2 Holder et al. Las. Part. Beams 21 p. 403 
(2003) 3 Mariani et al. PRL 100, 254503 (2008) 
4 Bond et al. J. Fluid Mech. 641 p. 297 (2009) 
 3- Efforts have been made to morph a planar shock 
wave into a cylindrical one  
- Zhigang Zhai et al. 5 
 -  Shape the shock tube to make the incident s.w. 
convergent  -  The curvature of the tube depends on the initial 
conditions (one shock tube / Mach number)  -  Theory, experiments and simulations are 2D 
 - Dimotakis and Samtaney 6 
 -  Gas lens technique  the transmitted s.w. 
becomes convergent  
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5 Phys. Fluids 22, 041701 (2010) 6 
Phys. Fluids 18, 031705 (2006)
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 4Present work  a generalized gas lens theory
- The gas lens technique theory is revisited and 
simplified  - Exact derivations for 2D-cylindrical and 
3D-spherical geometries  - Light-to-heavy and heavy-to-light configurations 
  - Validation of the theory 
 - Comparisons with Hesione code simulations 
 - Applications 
 - Stability of a perturbed convergent shock wave 
 - Convergent Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities 
 - Conclusion and future works 
 
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 5Bounds of the theory
- Theoretical assumptions 
 - Perfect and inviscid gases 
 - Regular waves 
 - Dimensionality 
 - All derivations can be done in the symmetry plane 
(Oxy)  -  2D- cylindrical geometry 3D- spherical 
geometry  
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 6Derivation using hydrodynamics equations (1/3)
- The transmitted shock wave must be circular in 
(Oxy) and its center is O  - The pressure behind the shock must be uniform 
 - Eqs (1) and (2) must be valid regardless of q 
gt  
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 7Derivation using hydrodynamics equations (2/3)
- The transmitted shock wave must be circular in 
(Oxy) and its center is O  - The pressure behind the shock must be uniform 
 - Eqs (1) and (2) must be valid regardless of q 
gt  
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 8Derivation using hydrodynamics equations (3/3)
- As we now know that C is a conic, it can read as 
  - All points of the circular shock front must have 
the same radius at the same time  -  Eqs. (4) and (5) show that the eccentricity of 
the conic equals  -  
 
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 9To summarize  and another derivation
- It has been demonstrated that  
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 - The same shape C generates 2D or 3D lenses 
 - C is a conic 
 - The eccentricity is equal to Wt/Wi gt 
 - C is an ellipse in the light-to-heavy (fast-slow) 
configuration  -  and an hyperbola, otherwise. 
 - The center of focusing is one of the foci of the 
conic  - Limits are imposed by the regularity of the waves 
gt a lt acr gt q lt qcr  - Derivation through an analogy with geometrical 
optics  - Equation (3) can be rearranged as  
 -  This is the refraction law (Fresnels law) 
 -  with shock velocity as index 
 
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 10Numerical simulations have been performed with 
Hesione code
- Hesione code 
 - ALE package 
 - Multi-material cells 
 - The pressure jump through the incident shock wave 
is resolved by 20 cells  -  Mass cell matching at the interface 
 - Initial conditions of the simulations 
 - First gas is Air 
 - Mi  1.15 
 - 2nd gas is SF6 or He gt e  0.42 or e  2.75 
 - Height of the shock tube  80 mm 
 - qw  30o 
 
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 11Validation in the light-to-heavy (fast-slow) case 
- Morphing of the incident shock wave 
 - Focusing and rebound of the transmitted shock 
wave (t.s.w.)  
- The t.s.w. is circular in 2D as in 3D 
 - The t.s.w. stay circular while focusing 
 -  Spherical s.w. is faster than cylindrical s.w. 
 -  P  41 atm is reached in 3D near focusing 
 -  P  9.6 atm is reached in 2D near focusing 
 -  Shock waves stay circular after rebound 
 -  
 
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 12Validation in the heavy-to-light (slow-fast) case  
- Morphing of the incident shock wave 
 - Focusing and rebound of the transmitted shock 
wave (t.s.w.)  
- The t.s.w. is circular in 2D as in 3D 
 - The t.s.w. stay circular while focusing 
 -  Spherical s.w. is faster than cylindrical s.w. 
 -  P  6.9 atm is reached in 3D near focusing 
 -  P  2.9 atm is reached in 2D near focusing 
 -  Shock waves stay circular after rebound 
 -  
 
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 13The stability of a pertubed shock wave has been 
probed in convergent geometry
- We perturb the shape of the lens in order to 
generate a perturbed t.s.w.  - with a0  2.871 10-3m and m  9 
 -  Focusing and rebound of the perturbed t.s.w. 
 -  
 
-  The t.s.w. is perturbed in 2D and in 3D 
 -  The t.s.w. stabilizes while focusing 
 -  Near the collapse, the s.w. becomes circular 
 -  These results are consistent with theory 7 
 -  The acoustic waves do not perturb s.w. 
 -  Shock waves stay circular and stable 
 -  after the rebound 
 
7 J. Fusion Energy 14 (4), 389 (1995)
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 14Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in 2D cylindrical 
geometry
- We add a perturbed inner interface  Air/SF6/Air 
configuration  -  
 -  
 -  with a0  1.665 10-3m and m  12 
 - Richtmyer-Meshkov instability due to shock and 
reshock  -  
  
-  A RM instability occurs at the 1rst passage of 
 -  the shock through the perturbed interface 
 -  The reshock impacts a non-linear interface 
 -  Even if the interface is stopped, the 
instability  -  keeps on growing 
 -  High non-linear regime is reached (mushroom 
 -  structures)
 
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 15Conclusion and future works
- We have established an exact derivation of the 
gas lens tehnique  - The shape of the lens is a conic 
 - Its eccentricity is Wt/Wi 
 - The conic is an ellipse in the light-to-heavy 
case, and hyperbola otherwise  - The focus of the convergent transmitted shock 
wave is one of the foci of the conic  - The same shape generates 2D and 3D gas lens 
 - These results have been validated by comparisons 
with Hesione numerical simulations  - The transmitted shock wave is cylindrical or 
spherical  - The acoustic waves do not perturb the shock wave 
 - The shock wave remains circular after its 
focusing  - This technique allows to study hydrodynamics 
instabilities in convergent geometries  - Numerical simulations show that the RM non-linear 
regime can be reached  - Implementation in the IUSTI conventional shock 
tube is under consideration  a new test section 
and new stereolithographed grids 8 for the 
interface are needed  
8 Mariani et al. P.R.L. 100, 254503 (2008)
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