Diagnostics of the dynamics of material damage by thermal shocks with the intensity possible in the ITER divertor

A novel BETA test facility (Beam of Electrons for materials Test Applications) was developed at the Budker Institute to study the erosion of materials directly during the impact of intense thermal shocks. A powerful (up to 7 MW) long pulse (100-300 s) electron beam is applied for experimental simula...

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Published in:Physica scripta 2018-03, Vol.93 (3), p.35602
Main Authors: Vyacheslavov, L N, Arakcheev, A S, Bataev, I A, Burdakov, A V, Kandaurov, I V, Kasatov, A A, Kurkuchekov, V V, Popov, V A, Shoshin, A A, Skovorodin, D I, Trunev, Yu A, Vasilyev, A A
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Language:English
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experimental simulation
high-power submillisecond electron beam
in situ optical diagnostics
ITER-scale fast transient heat loads
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Summary:A novel BETA test facility (Beam of Electrons for materials Test Applications) was developed at the Budker Institute to study the erosion of materials directly during the impact of intense thermal shocks. A powerful (up to 7 MW) long pulse (100-300 s) electron beam is applied for experimental simulation of fast transient heat loads with the intensity probable in the ITER divertor. The heat flux parameter on a target can be widely varied (FHF = 10-300 MW m−2 s0.5) from a value significantly below the melting threshold to a value much higher, within the area of about 1 cm2. The use of an electron beam to simulate the thermal impact on the material surface makes it possible to employ a variety of optical diagnostics for in situ observations of the dynamics of surface erosion processes during intense thermal shocks. These distinctive features make BETA a promising tool in the research of material surface erosion mechanisms and for experimental verification of various analytical and numerical models associated with these mechanisms. The first results obtained with this facility include fast (10 s exposure) imaging of the heated target in the near-infrared range and in the reflected light of 532 nm continuous wave (CW) laser, visualization of ejected tungsten particles using fast ICCD and CCD cameras with the minimal exposure of 2 s and 7 s respectively. The dynamics of dust particles ejected from the heated surface is investigated using a multichannel recording of the light of 532 nm CW-laser scattered on the dust particles. The present paper describes the first results of use of two new in situ methods: continuous recording of light scattered from the tungsten surface and three-dimensional tracking of tungsten particles using three viewing angles. The first method makes it possible to observe the dynamics of development of roughness and cracking of the polished tungsten surface, which manifest themselves as two successive processes separated by a large time delay. The second method allows us to track dust particles ejected from the melt layer, and thus determine the time and place of particle ejection from the surface.
ISSN:0031-8949
1402-4896
DOI:10.1088/1402-4896/aaa119