Experimental tests and thermo-mechanical analyses on the HEXCALIBER mock-up

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 1287-1293

  Di Maio, P A ^a   Dell'Orco, G ^b   Giammusso, R ^a   Malavasi, A ^c   Ricapito, I ^c   Tincani, A ^c   Vella, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^c ENEA CR Brasimone   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCPB TBM; Pebble beds; Thermo mechanical constitutive model

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BERYLLIUM; BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTS; FORMING; FUSION REACTIONS; HELIUM; INERT GASES; LITHIUM; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHATRONICS; MOCKUPS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; TRITIUM;

COMMERCIAL FINITE ELEMENT CODES; COMPLEX TESTS; CONTACT PRESSURES; EUROPEAN FUSION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HCPB-TBM; HELIUM COOLANTS; LITHIUM ORTHOSILICATE PEBBLES; NEUTRON MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PEBBLE BEDS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; TEST BLANKET MODULES; TEST CAMPAIGNS; THERMO MECHANICALS; THERMO-MECHANICAL CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; TRITIUM BREEDERS; UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 56949091194     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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