PDX (Poloidal Divertor Experiment) toroidal field coils stress analysis

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:5796137

Nikodem, Z D; Smith, R A

A method used in the stress analysis of the PDX toroidal field coil is developed. A multilayer coil design of arbitrary dimensions in the shape of either a circle or an oval is considered. The analytical model of the coil and the supporting coil case with connections to the main support structure is analyzed using the finite element technique. The three dimensional magnetic fields and the non-uniform body forces which are a loading condition on a coil due to toroidal and poloidal fields are calculated. The method of analysis permits rapid and economic evaluations of design changes in coil geometry as well as in coil support structures. Some results pertinent to the design evolution and their comparison are discussed. The results of the detailed stress analysis of the final coil design due to toroidal field, poloidal field and temperature loads are presented. 11 refs., 10 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.; Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Astronuclear Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 5796137
• Report Number(s): MATT-1209; CONF-751125-2; ON: DE88002072
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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A CODES
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
COMPUTER CODES
DESIGN
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
MAGNET COILS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
P CODES
PDX DEVICES
STRESS ANALYSIS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES