Progress towards realization of a laser IFE solid wall chamber

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8-14 PART B, 2006, Pages 1627-1638

  Raffray, A R ^a   Blanchard, J ^b   Latkowski, J ^c   Najmabadi, F ^d   Renk, T ^e   Sethian, J ^f   Sharafat, S ^g   Snead, L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armor thermo mechanical response; He retention; Inertial fusion energy; Ion implantation; Tungsten armor

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; BUILDING MATERIALS; FERRITES; HELIUM; HIGH POWER LASERS; ION IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; STEEL; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; TUNGSTATE MINERALS;

FERRITIC STEELS; HE RETENTION; SOLID WALL CHAMBERS;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 32544457428     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.07.041     Document Type: Article

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