D.J.M. King A.J. Knowles D. Bowden M.R. Wenman S. Capp M. Gorley J. Shimwell L. Packer M.R. Gilbert A. Harte
This Review considers current Zr alloys and opportunities for advanced zirconium alloys to meet the demands of a structural material in fusion reactors. Zr based materials in the breeder blanket offer the potential to increase the tritium breeding ratio above that of Fe, Si and V based materials. Current commercial Zr alloys might be considered …
Preprint PublishedRyan Sperry David T Fullwood Allan Harte Joao Quinta da Fonseca Eric R Homer Robert H Wagoner
Shear strain profiles along slip bands in a modified Rolls-Royce nickel superalloy (RR1000) were analyzed for tensile sample deformed by 2%. The strain increased with distance away from a grain boundary (GB), with maximum shear strain towards the center of the grain, indicating that dislocation nucleation generally occurred in the grain interior. T…
Preprint PublishedAlbert D. Smith Jack M. Donoghue Alistair J.W. Garner David Lunt Allan Harte Keith Wilford Philip J. Withers Michael Preuss
Proton irradiation is often used as a proxy for neutron irradiation but the irradiated layer is typically
Preprint PublishedG.M. Voss A.Bond S. Davis M.Harte R.Watson
The design of a power plant based on the spherical tokamak (ST) is being developed in order to explore its potential advantages. The plasma is operated in a double null configuration, forming both an upper and lower divertor. In order to accommodate the high erosion rates and heat fluxes developed in the divertors, a system based on a cascading flo…
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