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
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