Mechanical forces simulation and stress analysis of the TEXTOR vacuum vessel during plasma disruption under 3d eddy currents load

Author

Bohn, H. ; Giesen, B. ; Belov, A. ; Berkhov, N. ; Bondarchuk, E. ; Doinikov, N. ; Duke, A. ; Kokotkov, V. ; Korol´kov, M. ; Kukhtin, V. ; Panin, A. ; Sytchevsky, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Plasmaphys., Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany

Volume

32

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3004

Lastpage

3007

Abstract

The TEXTOR vacuum vessel represents a steel torus shell with numerous radial and vertical ports. The induced eddy currents as well as electromagnetic forces in the vessel during plasma disruption have been calculated using the TYPHOON code. For the purposes of the stress analysis the vessel shells are modeled with shell elements. The bellows and flanges are built with 3D anisotropic solid elements. To apply the calculated electromagnetic forces to this model a special interface code has been developed. Stress analysis has been performed in two steps of loading in reference to symmetry and antisymmetry boundary conditions and the results have been superimposed

Keywords

eddy currents; electromagnetic forces; finite element analysis; fusion reactor reaction chamber; fusion reactor theory; fusion reactors; plasma instability; plasma toroidal confinement; stress analysis; 3D eddy currents; TEXTOR vacuum vessel; TYPHOON code; anisotropic solid elements; antisymmetry boundary conditions; bellows; electromagnetic forces; flanges; interface code; mechanical forces; plasma disruption; simulation; steel torus shell; stress analysis; symmetry boundary conditions; Analytical models; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Bellows; Eddy currents; Electromagnetic forces; Flanges; Plasma simulation; Steel; Stress; Typhoons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.511508

Filename

511508