Analysis of the poloidal field magnet system leads in the IGNITEX experiment

Author

Hsieh ; Montalvo ; Carrera ; Dong, Dianbiao ; Driga ; Walls ; Weldon

fYear

1990

fDate

21-23 May 1990

Firstpage

91

Abstract

Summary form only given. Extensive electromagnetic (EM) and magnetohydrodynamics analyses of the plasma discharge in IGNITEX have been carried out with the finite-element code PROTEUS. These results were used in the structural analysis code ABAQUS to investigate the thermomechanical stresses in the PF (poloidal field) leads. Various boundary conditions for the interface between the PF leads and the TF (toroidal field) magnet were considered. Part of the stresses in the leads relies upon the magnet. The time-dependent interaction between the EM and thermomechanical loads in the PF leads was analyzed. The stress distribution in the PF leads configuration and bearing loads was obtained

Keywords

finite element analysis; fusion reactor theory and design; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; ABAQUS; IGNITEX experiment; PROTEUS; bearing loads; boundary conditions; electromagnetic analysis; finite-element code; leads configuration; magnetohydrodynamics; plasma discharge; poloidal field magnet system; stress distribution; structural analysis code; thermomechanical loads; thermomechanical stresses; time-dependent interaction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1990. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1990 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oakland, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1990.110526

Filename

5725803