% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence
% of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older.
% Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or
% “biber”.
@ARTICLE{DorowGerspach:1017122,
author = {Dorow-Gerspach, D. and Bram, M. and Ganesh, V. and
Matejicek, J. and Pintsuk, G. and Vilemova, M. and Wirtz, M.
and Linsmeier, C.},
title = {{B}enchmarking by high heat flux testing of {W}-steel
joining technologies},
journal = {Nuclear materials and energy},
volume = {37},
issn = {2352-1791},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-03944},
pages = {101508 -},
year = {2023},
abstract = {For a future commercial fusion reactor, the joining of
tungsten and steel will be of vital importance, covering the
main part of the plasma facing area. However, the large
difference, of more than a factor of 2, in the coefficient
of thermal expansion (CTE) of W and steel results in high
thermal stresses at their interface. The cyclic nature of
the operation can cause fatigue effects and could result in
a premature failure of the joint.One possible solution is
the insertion of a functionally graded material (FGM), with
varying the CTE, as an interlayer between tungsten and
steel, which could reduce these stresses. In this study, two
processes, atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) and spark
plasma sintering (SPS), are utilized to manufacture such
FGMs. The gradation was accomplished by using two or three
layers with a thickness of 0.5 mm each.Another principle is
the insertion of a ductile metal interlayer, which reduces
the stress by plastic deformation. Vanadium and titanium
foils of varying thickness were chosen, as both have a CTE
in between W and steel and V forms a solid solution with W
and Fe. These and a direct W-steel joint as baseline
reference were made by current-assisted diffusion bonding.
All samples consist of 3 mm thick W and steel tiles allowing
a direct comparison of the different technologies.An
efficient high heat flux benchmark test procedure was
developed and performed to investigate and compare the
potential of the different joining technologies. For this,
the complete stacks were brazed on actively cooled copper
cooling modules and tested with high stationary heat loads
of up to 5 MW/m2 with 200 cycles at each level in the JUDITH
2 facility. Detailed thermal analysis including comparison
with prediction based on FEM simulation are presented to
understand the cause of the failure and track the
degradation. This study allows to help focusing the further
development of W-steel joining technologies.},
cin = {IEK-4},
ddc = {624},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-4-20101013},
pnm = {134 - Plasma-Wand-Wechselwirkung (POF4-134)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-134},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001081513700001},
doi = {10.1016/j.nme.2023.101508},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1017122},
}