@inproceedings{aac898d56703417885b9329454f5f9d1,
title = "Tungsten fibre-reinforced tungsten composite - Development of a new high performance material",
abstract = "Due to its high strength and creep resistance also at high temperature combined with a high thermal conductivity and melting point tungsten would be the ideal high temperature material. However as a typical bcc metal tungsten is brittle up to very high temperature and prone to operational embrittlement. Tungsten fibre-reinforced tungsten composite utilizes extrinsic toughening mechanisms similar to ceramic fibre-reinforced ceramics and therefore overcomes the brittleness problem. In this contribution we present the main characteristics and the manufacturing of this new composite material. We summarize the development approach for its use in a future fusion reactor starting with the proof of principle and the currently ongoing proof of concept. We finally discuss a possible future application in micro gas turbines.",
keywords = "Brittleness, Extrinsic toughening, Fibre-reinforced composite, Micro gas turbine, Tungsten",
author = "J. Riesch and Coenen, {J. W.} and H. Gietl and T. H{\"o}schen and Y. Mao and Ch Linsmeier and R. Neu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM. All rights reserved.; 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2016 ; Conference date: 26-06-2016 Through 30-06-2016",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials",
publisher = "European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM",
booktitle = "ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials",
}