Modelling of the thermal-mechanical behaviour of a single size beryllium pebble bed

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 58-59, Issue , 2001, Pages 635-640

  Vella, G ^a   Di Maio, P A ^a   Oliveri, E ^a   Dalle Donne, M ^b   Piazza, G ^b   Scaffidi Argentina, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beryllium pebble bed; Breeding blanket; Thermo mechanical tests and models

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; FUSION REACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHIUM; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

HELIUM COOLED PEBBLE BED (HCPB) BLANKETS;

BREEDING BLANKETS;

EID: 0035517560     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00508-7     Document Type: Article

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