Tests and analyses for the mechanical and thermal qualification of the new RFX first wall tiles

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 66-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 289-293

  Zaccaria, P ^a   Dal Bello, S ^a   Marcuzzi, D ^a  

^a Assoc EURATOM ENEA sulla Fusione ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Analyses; First wall; Mechanical; Tests; Thermal

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; PLASMAS; THERMOANALYSIS;

WALL TILES;

TILE;

EID: 0141747245     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00158-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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