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Modelling in nuclear energy environments

27 November 2008
M. Samaras and M. Victoria

Producing energy to supply the demands of our societies is reaching a critical limit. To tackle this issue, there is a slow renaissance of fission reactors and the push to realise fusion reactors.

This paper discusses the multi-scale, multi-code computations and model validation experiments undertaken to understand the mechanical properties of these materials at the basis of studying ferritic steels. Such a multiscale modelling approach is envisaged will probe beyond currently possible approaches to become a predictive tool in estimating the mechanical properties and the lifetime of materials

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