The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been
conducting R&D on mitigating the effects of pressure waves in mercury spallation targets …

Populations of small helium gas bubbles were introduced into a flowing mercury experiment
test loop to evaluate mitigation of beam-pulse induced cavitation damage and pressure …

An experiment using proton radiography on a small mercury loop for testing gas bubble
injection was conducted at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) in December …

Abstract Models for solubility of noble gases in liquid metals are reviewed in detail and
evaluated for the combination of mercury and helium for applications at the Spallation …

A liquid mercury target for MW class pulsed neutron sources is being developed in the
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). Cavitation will be induced by pressure waves that are …

Pressure waves created in liquid mercury pulsed spallation targets have been shown to
induce cavitation damage on the target container. One way to mitigate such damage would …

In this work, we present computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of helium bubble
formation and detachment at a submerged needle in stagnant and co-flowing mercury …