Published November 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Ignitor plasma chamber structural design with dynamic loads due to plasma disruption event

  • 1. Associazione ENEA-Euratom sulla, Fusione CP 65, 00044 Frascati, Rome (Italy)
  • 2. Ansaldo Ricerche S.R.L., Corso Perrone 25, 16152 Genoa (Italy)
  • 3. MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)
  • 4. L.T. Calcoli P. Prinetti, LC (Italy)

Description

During a plasma disruption in Ignitor [B. Coppi, IGNITOR Project Group, Engineering Design Description, Ignitor Programme, RLE Report no. PTP 96/03, December 1996], the electromagnetic (EM) loads are so large to require a dynamic elastic-plastic structural analysis of the plasma chamber (PC). A 30 deg. sector of PC has been modeled. Static, dynamic and low cycle fatigue analyses under eddy and halo currents have been performed. It is shown that a PC wall thickness optimization limits the displacements within the clearance with toroidal coil. The fatigue lifetime is longer than the number of disruption events at the maximum performance

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.08.024;
PII
S0920-3796(05)00409-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Fusion Engineering and Design
Journal Volume
75-79
Journal Page Range
p. 511-517
ISSN
0920-3796
CODEN
FEDEEE

Conference

Title
23. symposium of fusion technology
Acronym
SOFT 23
Dates
20-24 Sep 2004
Place
Venice (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37106470
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DESIGN; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ENGINEERING; FATIGUE; ICF DEVICES; LIFETIME; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA; PLASMA DISRUPTION; THICKNESS
Descriptors DEC
CURRENTS; DIMENSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES

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Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.