• DocumentCode
    3201574
  • Title

    Updated design of the ITER magnet system gravity supports

  • Author

    Gallix, R. ; Fu, Y. ; Jong, C. ; Lee, P.Y. ; Hou, B.L. ; Jian, G.D.

  • Author_Institution
    ITER Organ. (IO), St. Paul-lez-Durance, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-5 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the updated design and structural analysis of the Gravity Supports (GS), developed by IO in cooperation with SWIP, where welded connections are replaced with pre-stressed bolted connections in order to reduce both the risk of defects and the manufacturing cost.
  • Keywords
    Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor safety; superconducting magnets; ITER superconducting magnet design; defects; gravity supports; manufacturing cost; prestressed bolted connections; welded connections; Clamps; Fasteners; Flanges; Gravity; Leg; Magnetic analysis; Superconducting magnets; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields; Welding; ITER; gravity supports; magnets; tokamak;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fusion Engineering, 2009. SOFE 2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2635-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2636-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226496
  • Filename
    5226496