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Physics basis and design of the ITER plasma-facing components
R.A. Pitts,S. Carpentier,Frederic Escourbiac,T. Hirai,V. Komarov,A.S. Kukushkin,S.W. Lisgo,A. Loarte,Mario Merola,R. Mitteau,A.R. Raffray,Michiya Shimada,P.C. Stangeby +12 more
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The ITER PFC design has now reached a rather mature stage following the 2007 ITER Design Review as discussed by the authors, and the key elements of the design, reviews the physics drivers, essentially thermal load specifications, which have defined the concept and discusses a selection of material and design issues.About:
This article is published in Journal of Nuclear Materials.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 368 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Divertor.read more
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Numerical optimization of tungsten monoblock tile in EAST divertor
TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical optimization model for tile chamfering design is built based on the finite element method (FEM), in which the numerical experiments are designed by the uniform table.
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On the effects of different regimes of plasma pulses affecting the material due to their succession
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the micro-hardness of tungsten surfaces and measured the electrical conductivity of the material in the bulk to estimate the three-dimensional damages due to high-temperature plasma and ion shockwaves.
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Material and Power-Handling Properties of Tungsten PFCs after Steady-State Melting and Additional Transient High-Heat-Flux Exposure
J. W. Coenen,B. Bazylev,S. Brezinsek,V. Philipps,T. Hirai,Arkadi Kreter,Jochen Linke,Gerald Pintsuk,Gennady Sergienko,A. Pospieszczyk,T. Tanabe,Yoshio Ueda,U. Samm +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the behavior and characteristics of tungsten materials under impinging high heat fluxes are investigated and experiments with inertially cooled samples have been carried out in the plasma.
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Modeling of plasma interaction with first wall in fusion reactor–measuring residual mechanical stresses in tungsten after irradiation at GOL-3 facility
Aleksey Arakcheev,Aleksey Arakcheev,Aleksey Arakcheev,A. N. Shmakov,M. R. Sharafutdinov,M. R. Sharafutdinov,B.P. Tolochko,B.P. Tolochko,V.A. Popov,V.A. Popov,A. A. Shoshin,A. A. Shoshin,A. A. Vasilyev,A. A. Vasilyev,D.I. Skovorodin,D.I. Skovorodin,S. V. Polosatkin,S. V. Polosatkin,A. V. Burdakov,A. V. Burdakov,Ivan A. Bataev,Ivan A. Bataev,V. A. Bataev,V. A. Bataev +23 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured residual stresses in rolled tungsten after pulsed irradiation with a plasma and an electron beam at the GOL-3 facility at the VEPP-3/VEPP-4 complex.
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Beryllium layer response to ITER-like ELM plasma pulses in QSPA-Be
N. S. Klimov,V.L. Podkovyrov,I.B. Kupriyanov,Jochen Linke,R.A. Pitts,V.M. Safronov,D. V. Kovalenko,Th. Loewenhoff,C. P. Lungu,Gerald Pintsuk,G. De Temmerman,A. D. Muzichenko,A.A. Markin,P.N. Taratorkin,N.E. Zabirova,A.M. Zhitlukhin +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the QSPA-Be plasma gun was used to study the beryllium (Be) response to ELM-like plasma pulses using the SRC RF TRINITI.
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Recent analysis of key plasma wall interactions issues for ITER
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Status and physics basis of the ITER divertor
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TL;DR: The ITER divertor design is the culmination of years of physics and engineering effort, building confidence that this critical component will satisfy the requirements and meet the challenge of burning plasma operation as discussed by the authors.
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