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Development of a robust damage analysis scheme at the National Ignition Facility
The onset of laser-induced damage in optical materials is a limiting factor in the design and operation of most high-energy laser systems. As such, significant effort has been dedicated to developing laser damage testing protocols and procedures to inform laser system design and operating limits. These tests typically rely on multiple laser exposures for statistical validation. Historically, small beam single fluence (N / 1) or ramped fluence (R / 1) tests have been used to quantify the “laser-induced damage threshold” of a material. However, due to various distributions in damage precursor populations, the laser fluence at which damage occurs for a given sample varies with beam size and is therefore better described as the onset of observed damage for that testing geometry. In conclusion, we document the development of irradiation, measurement, and analysis methods for damage testing resulting in damage initiation density as a function of incident fluence or ρ(ϕ) which is suitable for both small and large beam area testing and more conducive to extrapolating from one to the other.
Learning reference governor for cycle-to-cycle combustion control with misfire avoidance in spark-ignition engines at high exhaust gas recirculation–diluted conditions
Cycle-to-cycle feedback control is employed to achieve optimal combustion phasing while maintaining high levels of exhaust gas recirculation by adjusting the spark advance and the exhaust gas recirculation valve position. The control development is based on a control-oriented model that captures the effects of throttle position, exhaust gas recirculation valve position, and spark timing on the combustion phasing. Under the assumption that in-cylinder pressure information is available, an adaptive extended Kalman filter approach is used to estimate the exhaust gas recirculation rate into the intake manifold based on combustion phasing measurements. The estimation algorithm is adaptive since the cycle-to-cycle combustion variability (output covariance) is not known a priori and changes with operating conditions. A linear quadratic regulator controller is designed to maintain optimal combustion phasing while maximizing exhaust gas recirculation levels during load transients coming from throttle tip-in and tip-out commands from the driver. During throttle tip-outs, however, a combination of a high exhaust gas recirculation rate and an overly advanced spark, product of the dynamic response of the system, generates a sequence of misfire events. In this work, an explicit reference governor is used as an add-on scheme to the closed-loop system in order to avoid the violation of the misfire limit. The reference governor is enhanced with model-free learning which enables it to avoid misfires after a learning phase. Experimental results are reported which illustrate the potential of the proposed control strategy for achieving an optimal combustion process during highly diluted conditions for improving fuel efficiency.
Analysis of combustion chamber deposit growth on temperature swing thermal barrier coatings in a spark ignition engine
Temperature swing thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) have the potential to improve efficiency and performance through thermal management of the combustion chamber. However, the effects of combustion chamber deposits (CCDs) on the surface of the TBCs are unclear. Therefore, this paper analyzes the impact of CCD formation on a temperature swing TBC. A piston and a heat flux probe coated with a novel material are installed in a single-cylinder research engine at a low-load condition for 62.5 h to promote CCD growth. Every 12.5 h, the performance at a knock limited condition is assessed and thermophysical property measurements on the heat flux probe are performed. Net thermal efficiency increased by 0.4% absolute after 12.5 h relative to the baseline condition, but further CCD growth caused a dithering of efficiency between the 12.5 h and baseline points. The KLSA retarded consistently throughout this period. As a result, external property measurements with the coated heat flux probe showed an improvement in the thermophysical properties of the TBC/CCD layer.
Auto-Ignition and Reaction Front Dynamics in Mixtures With Temperature and Concentration Stratification
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Novel Thermal Barrier Coatings for Gasoline Spark Ignition Engines
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First directly-driven double shell implosions on the National Ignition Facility
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Fast ignition inertial fusion energy using laser-driven ion beams
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Final Technical Report: Novel Thermal Barrier Coatings for Gasoline Spark Ignition Engines
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Demonstration of 25,000 ignitions on a proto-flight compact heaterless lanthanum hexaboride hollow cathode
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Direct observation of frictional ignition in dropped HMX-based polymer-bonded explosives
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Enabling high compression ratio in boosted spark ignition engines: Thermodynamic trajectory and fuel chemistry effects on knock
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Flow dynamics of laser-induced breakdown at a fuel–oxidizer interface and its effect on ignition
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Hot surface ignition of a wall-impinging fuel spray: Modeling and analysis using large-eddy simulation
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On the application of principal component transport for compression ignition of lean fuel/air mixtures under engine relevant conditions
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