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Materials for Outer Shell of 1.170 Gwh (1.00669 Kilo Ton TNT) Fusion Device - Weight Basis
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: Received: 27 October 2021 / Approved: 29 October 2021 / Online: 29 October 2021 (07:29:04 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 16 January 2023 / Approved: 17 January 2023 / Online: 17 January 2023 (03:11:52 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 16 January 2023 / Approved: 17 January 2023 / Online: 17 January 2023 (03:11:52 CET)
How to cite: Rafique, M. M. A. Materials for Outer Shell of 1.170 Gwh (1.00669 Kilo Ton TNT) Fusion Device - Weight Basis. Preprints 2021, 2021100446. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202110.0446.v2 Rafique, M. M. A. Materials for Outer Shell of 1.170 Gwh (1.00669 Kilo Ton TNT) Fusion Device - Weight Basis. Preprints 2021, 2021100446. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202110.0446.v2
Abstract
With recent developments in fusion engineering, interest has sparked in development of fusion devices for deterrent. Enormous amount of energy generated by combining two light nuclei could be contained and manipulated at will to trigger and accelerate micro explosions (from shock wave, x-rays or ion beam focusing) which finally result in full scale blast. Materials required to make such device are critical. They must possess high strength, high hardness, ductility, formability, drawability, and anisotropic properties. High entropy alloys (HEA) are new class of materials which nicely fulfils this requirement. Essentially, they are solid solutions of multi principal elements (usually > 5) eliminating the need of base metal as in conventional alloys. This gives them many unique properties which may be tailored at will (heat treatment, cold rolling, precipitation, irradiation). They also exhibit excellent directional properties with formation of distinct bands along certain preferred crystallographic planes even in hexagonal close packed structures. These anisotropic properties are strong function of rolling, working, or forging (swaging) direction and can be utilized to benefit. This study encompasses making outer shell of a typical fusion device selected on the basis of the weight, which is a function of area of pay load bay of carrier aircraft.
Keywords
bands; anisotropy; cold rolling; texture; pole figures; fusion
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Metals, Alloys and Metallurgy
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Commenter: Muhammad Musaddique Ali Rafique
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1Department of Fusion Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
2National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 39B, Florida
3Eastern Engineering Solutions Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139