简介:Inertialconfinementfusiontargetsarecomplexsystemsdesignedtoallowfinecontroloftemperatureandpressureformakingprecisesphericalicelayersofhydrogenisotopesatcryogenictemperatures.Wediscussthevarioustechnicalconsiderationsforamaximumleakratebasedonheatloadconsiderations.Thismaximumflowrateturnsouttobe5×10~(-6)standardccpersecond,whichcanbecausedbyanorificelessthanhalfamicronindiameter.Thismakestheidentificationofthelocationandresolutionoftheleakasignificantchallenge.Toillustratethis,weshowcaseoneexampleofapeculiarfailuremodethatappearedsuddenlybutpersistedwherebytargetproductionyieldwasseverelylowered.Identificationoftheleaksourceandtherootcauserequiresverycarefulanalysisofmultiplethermomechanicalaspectstoensurethattheendsolutionisindeedtherightremedyandisrobust.