Experimental & numerical study of ceramic breeder pebble bed thermal deformation behavior

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1101-1105

  An, Zhiyong ^a   Ying, Alice ^a   Abdou, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CERAMIC BREEDER; THERMAL DEFORMATION; THERMOMECHANICS; TRANSIENT STATES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 18744398761     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST05-A834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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