The long-term objective of the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) fusion materials programme is to develop structural and armor materials in combination with the necessary production and fabrication technologies for reactor concepts beyond the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. The programmatic roadmap is structured into four engineering research lines which comprise fabrication process...
Hertzian indentation technique was used to measure surface flaw sizes on polished dense polycrystalline alumina specimens with grain sizes G = 1.2, 3.8 and 14.1 µm. Two surfaces finishes were studied: well-polished (Syton) and coarse-polished (45 µm diamond paste). Flaw sizes depended on the surface finish and increased with increasing grain size. Fracture toughness (K Ic) for each material (relating to the pro...
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