Dust-wall high speed impacts, triggered by the termination of runaway electrons on plasma facing components, constitute a source of erosion. Normal high velocity mechanical impacts of tungsten dust on bulk tungsten plates are reproduced in a controlled manner by light gas gun shooting systems. Post-mortem surface analysis revealed that three erosion regimes are realized; plastic deformation, bonding and partial disintegration. The large impact statistics allowed the extraction of reliable empirical damage laws in the latter regime, which can be employed for erosion estimates in future reactors.

Wall cratering upon high velocity normal dust impact

De Angeli Marco;Ripamonti Dario;Riva Giulio;Daminelli G;De Angeli Monica
2023

Abstract

Dust-wall high speed impacts, triggered by the termination of runaway electrons on plasma facing components, constitute a source of erosion. Normal high velocity mechanical impacts of tungsten dust on bulk tungsten plates are reproduced in a controlled manner by light gas gun shooting systems. Post-mortem surface analysis revealed that three erosion regimes are realized; plastic deformation, bonding and partial disintegration. The large impact statistics allowed the extraction of reliable empirical damage laws in the latter regime, which can be employed for erosion estimates in future reactors.
2023
Istituto di Chimica della Materia Condensata e di Tecnologie per l'Energia - ICMATE
Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi - ISTP
Damage laws
Dust in tokamaks
Impact bonding
Mechanical impacts
Runaway electron termination
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