Numerical and experimental prediction of the thermomechanical performance of pebble beds for solid breeder blanket

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 49-50, Issue , 2000, Pages 605-611

  Lu, Zi ^a   Ying, Alice Y ^a   Abdou, Mohamed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTIC MODULI; FUSION REACTORS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRESS;

PEBBLE BEDS;

BREEDING BLANKETS;

EID: 0034315052     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00348-3     Document Type: Article

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