Fluid dynamic aspects of the porous wetted wall protection scheme for inertial fusion energy reactors

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 366-377

  Shin, Seungwon ^a   Abdelall, Fahd ^a   Juric, Damir ^a   Abdel Khalik, Said I ^a   Yoda, Minami ^a   Sadowski, Dennis ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Film stability; Inertial fusion; Porous wetted walls

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

POROUS WETTED WALLS;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0038137624     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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