Materials to be used in future magnetic confinement fusion reactors: a review

R Alba, R Iglesias, MÁ Cerdeira - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the roadmap of the main materials to be used for ITER and DEMO class
reactors as well as an overview of the most relevant innovations that have been made in …

Tungsten wire—from lamp filaments to reinforcement fibers for composites in fusion reactors

J Riesch, M Fuhr, J Almanstötter - Advanced Engineering …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The use of drawn tungsten wire marked a breakthrough in electric lighting which led to a
significant advancement in human society and technology. Nowadays, thermal light sources …

[HTML][HTML] Materials for in-vessel components

G Pintsuk, G Aiello, SL Dudarev, M Gorley… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The EUROfusion materials research program for DEMO in-vessel components aligns with
the European Fusion Roadmap and comprises the characterization and qualification of the …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Wf/W composites influenced by Y2O3 coating

R Shu, Y Mao, JW Coenen, A Terra, C Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tungsten fiber reinforced tungsten (W f/W) composite is one of the candidates to improve the
toughness of tungsten materials. Powder metallurgy is a potential method to produce W f/W …

Material and component developments for the DEMO divertor using fibre reinforcement and additive manufacturing

R Neu, JW Coenen, B Curzadd, H Gietl… - Materials Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Within the research along the European Fusion Roadmap, water-cooled divertor PFCs are
foreseen in the design of a first fusion demonstration power plant (DEMO) in order to provide …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the heating rate and Y2O3 coating on the microstructure of Wf/Y2O3/W composites via field assisted sintering technology

R Shu, Y Mao, A Lau, JW Coenen, A Terra, C Liu… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Field assisted sintering technology (FAST) is one of the potential methods to fabricate
tungsten fiber reinforced tungsten (W f/W) composites. The microstructure and mechanical …

Bulk Tungsten Fiber-Reinforced Tungsten (Wf/W) Composites Using Yarn-Based Textile Preforms

A Lau, JW Coenen, D Schwalenberg, Y Mao… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of tungsten fiber-reinforced tungsten composites (Wf/W) has been demonstrated to
significantly enhance the mechanical properties of tungsten (W) by incorporating W-fibers …

Powder metallurgy produced aligned long tungsten fiber reinforced tungsten composites

Y Mao, JW Coenen, C Liu, A Terra, X Tan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - mdpi.com
For the future fusion reactor, tungsten is the main candidate material as the plasma-facing
material. However, considering the high thermal stress during operation, the intrinsic …

Large-scale tungsten fibre-reinforced tungsten and its mechanical properties

D Schwalenberg, JW Coenen, J Riesch… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tungsten-fibre-reinforced tungsten composites (W f/W) have been in development to
overcome the inherent brittleness of tungsten as one of the most promising candidates for …

Demonstrating tungsten fiber-reinforced porous-matrix tungsten composites for future fusion application

Y Mao, JW Coenen, A Terra, L Gao, A Kreter… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten fiber-reinforced tungsten (W f/W) has been developed to improve the fracture
toughness of W materials, as demonstrated in previous studies (2019 Nucl. Fusion 59 …