Maria Lorena Richiusa Wayne Arter Dominic Calleja Medhi Firdaouss Jonathan Gerardin Michael Kovari Francesco Maviglia Zsolt Vizvary
Within the framework of EUROfusion DEMO First Wall and limiter design activities, the protection of the First Wall against power deposition peaks is being considered. During steady-state operation, the radiative power from the plasma could be considered uniformly spread on plasma-facing components. However, the presence of openings (i.e. g…
Preprint PublishedLlion M. Evans T. Minniti T. Barrett A. von Muller L. Margetts
This paper presents the application of the image-based finite element method (IBFEM) to quantify the impact of micro-structure caused by manufacturing processes on the performance of fusion energy heat exchangers. The components, containing tungsten, were imaged with high-power lab-based X-ray CT and neutron CT. Volume data was converted into part-…
Preprint PublishedK D Lawson M Groth D Harting S Menmuir D Reiter K M Aggarwal S Brezinsek I H Coffey G Corrigan F P Keenan C F Maggi A G Meigs M G O’Mullane S Wiesen JET Contributors
An understanding of the plasma edge and divertor is essential for predicting the performance of next-step machines such as ITER. Transport codes used to study the divertor behaviour [1] employ atomic physics data in two applications. The first is to predict the power radiated by the fuel and impurity atoms, which is carried out as a post-processing…
Preprint PublishedGarry Staunton
One of the primary benefits from automated/autonomous vehicles (AV) is the promise of increased road safety through reductions in the number of driver error-induced accidents, where an often-cited statistic is that around 90% of all motor vehicle crashes are caused by human error. The flip-side of this is that one of the greatest barriers to the wi…
Preprint PublishedDavid J Trousdale Garry M Staunton
Whilst Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) hold the promise of relegating the driver to passenger by transforming vehicles into intelligent platforms able to ‘read’ and ‘sense’ their environment. A corollary of this is that not only will these vehicles transform how people get from A-to-B, they will be a major source of information whic…
Preprint PublishedB. Patel C. Challis D. Dickinson L. Garzotti F. Koechl C. Roach G. Staebler H. Wilson
Spherical Tokamaks (STs) could provide a route towards a compact fusion reactor due to advantageous properties such as high plasma beta. A GW-scale ST plasma is explored where Q=10 and R=2.5m. In this design 110 MW of NBI is needed to provide 9 MA of noninductive current, where the remaining 12 MA is pressure driven. To penetrate into the core a 1 …
Preprint PublishedB. Cannas S. Carcangiu A. Fanni T. Farley F. Militello A. Montisci F. Pisano G. Sias N. Walkden
In the present magnetically confined plasmas, the prediction of particle loading on material surfaces is a primary concern in view of the protection of plasma facing components for next step devices. Thus, an understanding of filament dynamics is needed. In this context, this work aims to develop an automatic detector for filaments arising in the M…
Preprint PublishedDaniel R. Mason Andrew J. London
We present a morphological analysis of atom probe data of nanoscale microstructural features, using methods developed by the astrophysics community to describe the shape of superclusters of galaxies. We describe second-phase regions using Minkowski functionals, representing the regions’ volume, surface area, mean curvature and Euler characteristi…
Preprint PublishedN. Zhang Y. Q. Liu P. Piovesan V. Igochine D. L. Yu S. Wang G. Q. Dong G. Z. Hao G. L. Xia W. J. Chen L. Liu J. Q. Li X. Bai
Resistive plasma response to the n = 1 (n is the toroidal mode number) RMP field is systematically investigated for a high-beta hybrid discharge on ASDEX Upgrade. Both linear and quasi-linear response are modelled using the MARS-F and MARS-Q codes, respectively. Linear response computations show a large internal kink response when the plasma centra…
Preprint PublishedEann A. Patterson Sally Purdie Richard J. Taylor Chris Waldon
The development of a commercial fusion power plant presents a unique set of challenges associated with the complexity of the systems, the integration of novel technologies, the likely diversity and distribution of the organisations involved and the scale of resources required. A framework for creating a digital environment that integrates researc…
Preprint Published