Properties of stainless steels for fusion conductor jackets and their manufacturing techniques

Author

Forster, S. ; Komarek, P. ; Nyilas, A. ; Ulbricht, A.

Author_Institution

Kernforschungazentrum Karlsruhe, Inst. fur Tech. Phys., Germany

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

234

Lastpage

237

Abstract

A superconducting cable for a fusion magnet has to be reinforced by a stainless steel jacket which envelops the cable. The jackets are fabricated by extruded and butt welded steel sections or by composing the jacket from drawn sections with longitudinal welds. Fatigue life and fatigue crack growth rates (FCGRs) were investigated at 10 K for embedded and surface cracks for the candidate material 316LN. Embedded cracks are more severe than surface cracks. The FCGR of weldments is low compared to their base metals, and the residual stresses are responsible for these results. In the range 20 K-7 K, the FCGR of surface cracks is lower than that of cracks propagating from a buried penny-shaped crack

Keywords

austenitic stainless steel; cable sheathing; fatigue cracks; fatigue testing; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactor theory and design; internal stresses; superconducting cables; superconducting magnets; 20 to 7 K; buried penny-shaped crack; butt welded steel sections; drawn sections; embedded cracks; extruded sections; fatigue crack growth rates; fatigue life; fusion conductor jackets; fusion magnet; longitudinal welds; manufacturing techniques; residual stresses; stainless steels; superconducting cable; surface cracks; Cable shielding; Conductors; Fatigue; Magnetic materials; Manufacturing; Steel; Superconducting cables; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting materials; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.119853

Filename

119853