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The thermonuclear fusion experimental reactor will be an intrinsically pulsed machine. Therefore the plasma facing components will be subjected to cyclic heat loads thus resulting in a problem of thermal fatigue. The first wall (FW) is the structure that covers about 80% of the total plasma-facing surface and will receive a cyclic heat flux ranging from a zero value up to some hundred kW/m2.
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Merola, M., Matera, R. (1996). Structural Integrity Assessment of the Fusion Reactor First Wall Using the ASME Code. In: Bressers, J., Rémy, L., Steen, M., Vallés, J.L. (eds) Fatigue under Thermal and Mechanical Loading: Mechanisms, Mechanics and Modelling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8636-8_6
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