Structural Integrity of W-CuCrZr composite with optimised topology for nuclear fusion

核聚变拓扑优化的 W-CuCrZr 复合材料的结构完整性

• 批准号: 2746280
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2746280
• 关键词: Structural; Integrity; CuCrZr; composite; optimised

Nuclear fusion has enormous potential to offer a sustainable and clean electricity source, but great materials engineering challenges must be overcome before this can be realised. Enabling the next generation of nuclear fusion power plants places significant demand on new metallic materials which can withstand and operate in extreme environments. Tungsten-cooper composites are next generation plasma facing fusion materials. This project aims to develop a process route for tungsten-cooper composites and create a fundamental understanding of the failure in tungsten-cooper composites via multiscale mechanical and microstructure characterisation. With this new understanding, we will develop an imaging-based finite element predictive model for optimising the topology of the tungsten-cooper interface to enable the manufacturing of a heat exchanger with greater thermal resilience and improved service life.

核聚变在提供可持续和清洁的电力来源方面具有巨大的潜力，但在实现这一目标之前，必须克服巨大的材料工程挑战。实现下一代核聚变电站对能够承受极端环境并在极端环境中运行的新型金属材料提出了重大需求。钨铜复合材料是下一代面向等离子体聚变材料。该项目旨在开发钨铜复合材料的工艺路线，并通过多尺度机械和微观结构表征对钨铜复合材料的失效进行基本了解。有了这一新的认识，我们将开发一种基于成像的有限元预测模型，用于优化钨铜界面的拓扑结构，从而能够制造具有更大热弹性和更长使用寿命的热交换器。