Tay Sparks Duc Nguyen-Manh Pengfei Zheng Jan S. Wróbel Michael Gorley Thomas Connolley Christina Reinhard Yiqiang Wang Biao Cai
Vanadium base alloys represent potentially promising candidate structural materials for use in nuclear fusion reactors due to vanadium’s low activity, high thermal strength, and good swelling resistance. In this work, the mechanical properties of the current frontrunner vanadium base alloy, V-4Cr-4Ti, have been interrogated using in-situ high ene…
Preprint PurchaseGerald Pintsuk Giaocomo Aiello Sergei L. Dudarev Michael Gorley Jean Henry Marianne Richou Michael Rieth D. Terentyev Rafael Vila
The EUROfusion materials research program for DEMO in-vessel components aligns with the European Fusion Roadmap and comprises the characterization and qualification of the in-vessel baseline materials EUROFER97, CuCrZr and tungsten, advanced structural and high heat flux materials developed for risk mitigation, as well as optical and dielectric fun…
Preprint PublishedBin Zhu Nathanael Leung Winfried Kockelmann Saurabh Kabra Andrew J. London Michael Gorley Mark J. Whiting Yiqiang Wang Tan Sui
Eurofer97 steel is a primary structural material for the plasma facing-components of future fusion reactors. Laser welding is a promising technique that can overcome the challenges of remote handling and maintenance. However, the interaction of the induced residual stress distribution with the heterogeneous microstructure may degrade the mechanical…
Preprint PurchaseBin Zhu Yiqiang Wang Jiří Dluhoš Andy J. London Michael Gorley Mark J. Whiting Tan Sui
The plasma-facing components of future fusion reactors, where the Eurofer97 is the primary structural material, will be assembled by laser-welding techniques. The heterogeneous residual stress induced by welding can interact with the microstructure, resulting in a degradation of mechanical properties and a reduction in joint lifetime. Here, a Xe
Preprint PublishedYiqiang Wang Omar Mohamed Keren Dunn Tan Sui Mutaz Bashir Peter Copper Adomas Lukenskas Guiyi Wu Michael Gorley
Precipitation hardened Copper-Chromium-Zirconium (CuCrZr) alloy is a prime candidate for divertor components in future European DEMOnstration fusion reactors. To develop the DEMO Design Criteria for In-vessel Components (DDC-IC), the failure criterion of CuCrZr needs to be investigated. Hence, the effects of stress triaxiality and loading…
Preprint PublishedMichael Gorley Eberhard Diegele Ermile Gaganidze Ferenc Gillemot Gerald Pintsuk
The development of a specific materials database and handbook, for engineering design of in-vessel components of EU-DEMO, is an essential requirement for assessing the structural integrity by design. For key in-vessel materials, including EURFOER97, CuCrZr, Tungsten and dielectric and optical materials, this development has been ongoing now within …
Preprint PublishedKuo Zhang Ermile Gaganidze Michael Gorley
This report covers the initial progress on the development of material property handbook (MPH) of baseline CuCrZr, within the Materials Engineering Data and Design Integration (MAT-EDDI) of EUROfusion Material Database and Handbook group. Initial drafting of the baseline CuCrZr MPH structure is presented, with inclusion of available data, figure…
Preprint PublishedGerald Pintsuk Eberhard Diegele Sergei Dudarev Michael Gorley Jean Henry Jens Reiser Michael Rieth
This paper addresses the EUROfusion DEMO materials research program and highlights the characterization of the in-vessel baseline materials EUROFER97, CuCrZr and tungsten as well as advanced structural and high heat flux materials developed for risk mitigation. In support of engineering design activities the focus primarily is to assemble a data ba…
Preprint PublishedErmile Gaganidze Ferenc Gillemot Ildiko Szenthe Mike Gorley Michael Rieth Eberhard Diegele
The current paper reports the work of the EUROfusion Material Database and Handbook group within the MAT-EDDI (Materials – Engineering Data and Design Integration) subproject of the EUROfusion consortium. A special emphasis is put on the building of the EUROfusion RAFM steel database accounting around 3000 raw materials data records. A dat…
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