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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226496
