首页|Intense cyclic heating effects on thermo-fracture and thermal shock of solid tungsten and open-cell tungsten foam
Intense cyclic heating effects on thermo-fracture and thermal shock of solid tungsten and open-cell tungsten foam
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NSTL
Elsevier
We investigate here the effects of transient (cyclic) arc-jet plasma and laser heating on fracture behavior of W-foam and solid tungsten. The two key parameters that control the foam thermomechanical response are its density and mean cell size expressed in Pores Per Inch (PPI). Tungsten foam samples were fabricated with Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) with variety of PPI and relative density. These were tested under two types of qualitatively different conditions: (1) high-enthalpy arc-jet, and (2) high-power cyclic laser heating. None of the foam samples showed macroscopic through-thickness cracks. However, distributed micro-cracks were observed on ligaments and their triple junctions. Under the same loading conditions, W-foam and solid tungsten showed similar crack network pattern and characteristic length scale. However, Crack Opening Displacement (COD) was twice as large in solid W as compared to W foam. Foam samples that have been previously exposed to a low-pressure helium plasma showed significant changes in their surface forming nano-texture fuzz which was removed by subsequent testing in the arc-jet. Extensive fracture and re-crystallization were observed in the thin solid W disk that was fully constrained from expansion. Thicker and fully-constrained solid W disks did not display recrystallization, grain growth, and extensive cracking. However, thicker disks that were free to expand showed some re crystallization and extensive through-thickness cracks due to less effective cooling and thus higher temperatures. Laser beam testing showed no visible damage formation at 0.19 GW/m(2)& nbsp;and 0.38 GW/m(2)& nbsp;for both low-density (23%) and high-density (43%) foams at low pulses (100-1000). Micro-cracks were observed after 10,0 0 0 pulses at 0.19 GW/m(2)& nbsp;in both foams, and in low-density foam after 10 0,0 0 0 at 0.38 GW/m(2). The nature of thermomechanical damage in W-foam exposed to extreme power (GW/m(2)) short duration laser pulses was found to be qualitatively similar to that of high power (MW/m(2)) long-duration arc-jet. (C)& nbsp;2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
TungstenFoamRe-crystallizationPlasticity and Residual StressesFractureThermal ShockMETALLIC FOAMSRECRYSTALLIZATIONBEHAVIORCONDUCTIVITY
NSTL
Elsevier
