ITER BAFFLE MODULE SMALL-SCALE MOCK-UPS - FIRST WALL THERMOMECHANICALTESTING RESULTS

The EU-Home Team is in charge of the R&D related to the ITER Baffle Fi rst Wall. Five small-scale mock-ups, using Be, CFC and W tiles and dif ferent armour/heat-sink material joints under development, have been f abricated and thermomechanically tested in FE200 (Le Creusot) and JUDI TH (Julich) Electron Beam facilities. The small-scale mock-ups have be en submitted to thermo-mechanical fatigue tec;ts (up to failure using accelerating techniques). The objective was to determine the performan ces of the armour material joints under high heat flux cycles. (C) 199 8 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.