Identification of material parameters of a thermo-mechanical model for pebble beds in fusion blankets

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-206

  Gan, Yixiang ^a   Kamlah, Marc ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constitutive modelling; Creep; Drucker Prager Cap theory; Pebble beds; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DRUCKER-PRAGER-CAP THEORY; MODELING; PEBBLE BEDS ASSEMBLY (PBA);

THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

EID: 33846013572     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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