Cyclic thermal stresses in fusion reactors

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5968004

Bohachevsky, I O; Kostoff, R N

In this paper we model and analyze cyclic thermal loads and stresses in two critical components of inertial and magnetic confinement fusion reactors (including fusion-fission hybrids); namely, in the solid wall adjacent to the fusion plasma (first wall) and in the fuel elements located in the high power density region of the blanket. We derive explicit expressions for the parametric dependencies of thermal stresses that provide a quantitative basis for tradeoff and comparative assessment studies of different fusion reactors.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Energy Research
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5968004
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-81-2826; CONF-811046-2; ON: DE82000761; TRN: 82-001541
• Resource Relation: Conference: Meeting and workshop on fusion reactor design and technology, Tokyo, Japan, 5 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
THERMAL STRESSES
BREEDING BLANKETS
FIRST WALL
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
THERMAL CYCLING
REACTOR COMPONENTS
STRESSES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
700209* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Component Development & Materials Testing