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The experimental and theoretical investigations of damage development and distribution in double-forged tungsten under plasma irradiation-initiated extreme heat loads

Väli B., Laas T., Paju J., Shirokova V., Paduch M., Gribkov V. A., Demina E. V., Pimenov V. N., Makhlaj V. A., Antonov M.

Nukleonika

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2016

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Vol. 61, No. 2

169--177

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The influence of extreme heat loads, as produced by a multiple pulses of non-homogeneous flow of slow plasma (0.1–1 keV) and fast ions (100 keV), on double-forged tungsten (DFW) was investigated. For generation of deuterium plasma and fast deuterons, plasma-focus devices PF-12 and PF-1000 are used. Depending on devices and conditions, the power flux density of plasma varied in a range of 107–1010 W/cm2 with pulse duration of 50–100 ns. Power flux density of fast ions was 1010–1012 W/cm2 at the pulse duration of 10–50 ns. To achieve the combined effect of different kind of plasmas, the samples were later irradiated with hydrogen plasma (105 W/cm2, 0.25 ms) by a QSPA Kh-50 plasma generator. Surface modification was analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and microroughness measurements. For estimation of damages in the bulk of material, an electrical conductivity method was used. Investigations showed that irradiation of DFW with multiple plasma pulses generated a mesh of micro- and macrocracks due to high heat load. A comparison with single forged tungsten (W) and tungsten doped with 1% lanthanum-oxide (WL10) reveals the better crack-resistance of DFW. Also, sizes of cells formed between the cracks on the DFW’s surface were larger than in cases of W or WL10. Measurements of electrical conductivity indicated a layer of decreased conductivity, which reached up to 500 µm. It depended mainly on values of power flux density of fast ions, but not on the number of pulses. Thus, it may be concluded that bulk defects (weakening bonds between grains and crystals, dislocations, point-defects) were generated due to mechanical shock wave, which was generated by the fast ions flux. Damages and erosion of materials under different combined radiation conditions have also been discussed.

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Damage and modification of materials produced by pulsed ion and plasma streams in Dense Plasma Focus device

Pimenov V. N., Demina E. V., Ivanov L. I., Gribkov V. A., Dubrovsky A. V., Ugaste U., Laas T., Scholz M., Miklaszewski R., Kolman B., Tartari A.

Nukleonika

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2008

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Vol. 53, No. 3

111-121

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The Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) devices PF-1000, PF-6 and PF-5M working with different gases and in dissimilar irradiation modes were used to carry out experimental investigations of irradiation of a number of materials by powerful pulsed ion and high-temperature plasma streams. The materials under test were designed for application in structural and functional components of thermonuclear fusion devices with magnetic (MPC) and inertial (IPC) plasma confinement, as well as for working chambers of plasma and accelerator devices. The main features of the materials are low-activation and radiation-resistant properties. On the basis of the investigations a significant progress was achieved in understanding of dynamics of high-energy nano- and micro-second pulsed streams in DPF from one side as well as on the mechanisms of their influence upon materials under irradiation from the other one. We demonstrated that this approach can be useful for certain tests of plasma-facing materials (e.g. W for MPC and stainless steels for IPC) and of structural (construction) elements of the above-mentioned devices subjected to pulsed high-energy radiation streams. The results obtained suggest also that DPF devices can be used in new pulse technologies for material treatment by means of powerful nanosecond and microsecond pulses of plasma and ion streams.

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Coloured-noise-induced transitions in nonlinear structures

Mankin R., Laas T., Soika E., Sauga A., Rekker A., Ainsaar A., Ugaste U.

Nukleonika

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2008

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Vol. 53, No. 3

127-134

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In a stochastic framework, macroscopic approaches are sought to describe microscopic interaction between different species. Coloured-noise-induced transitions in stochastic N-species Lotka-Volterra systems are considered analytically as an appropriate model extendable to many natural and nano-technological processes. All the results discussed are computed by means of a dynamical mean-field approximation. It is demonstrated that interplay of coloured noise and interaction intensities of species can generate a variety of cooperation effects, such as discontinuous transitions of the mean population density, noise-induced Hopf bifurcations and relaxation oscillation. The necessary conditions for the cooperation effects are also discussed. Particularly, it is established that, in the case of the Beddington functional response, in certain parameter regions of the model an increase in noise correlation time can cause multiple transitions (more than two) between relaxation oscillatory regimes and equilibrium states.

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Colored-noise-induced anomalous transport in periodic structures

Laas T., Sauga A., Mankin R., Ainsaar A., Ugaste U., Rekker A.

Nukleonika

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2006

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Vol. 51, nr 1

63-69

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Colored-noise-induced anomalous transport phenomena of overdamped particles in a tilted periodic sawtooth potential driven by a nonequilibrium three-level noise and an additive thermal noise are considered analytically. All the physical results discussed are computed by means of exact formulas. It is demonstrated that the particles exhibit anomalous transport properties, such as, multiple change in the sign of the particle flow, absolute negative mobility, negative differential mobility, hypersensitive transport, and hypersensitive differential response. The necessary conditions for various anomalous transport properties are found. It is established that in certain parameter regions an increase in noise parameters (noise-flatness, correlation time, temperature) can facilitate the conversion of noise energy into mechanical work - i.e., the dependence of the efficiency of energy transformation on noise parameters exhibits a bellshaped (resonance) form. Some possible applications to fluctuation-induced separation of particles as well as to the amplification of small signals are also discussed. Our results provide some new perspectives to support elaboration of a model of interaction between plasma beams and construction materials in plasma focus devices.