ANALYSIS AND TEST TO PREDICT THE FATIGUE LIFE OF THE ISX-B TOROIDAL FIELD COILS' FINGER JOINTS.

J. A. O'Toole, I. U. Ojalvo, G. E. Raynor, I. J. Zatz, N. E. Johnson, J. C. Walls, B. E. Nelson, W. D. Cain, P. L. Walstrom, J. W. Pearce

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Abstract

A new and more rigorous structural evaluation of the ISX toroidal field (TF) coil fingers joints was undertaken to assess the effects of high- beta operation of ISX-B. A new poloidal field (PF) coil set which allows high- beta operation and produces larger out-of-plane loads on the TF coils was installed as part of the change to ISX-B. It was determined that the iron core significantly affects the out-of-plane load distribution and forces were calculated using the GFUN-3D code which considers 3-D iron core effects. These loads were applied to a half-symmetric finite element NASTRAN code model in which the TF coils were modeled as a string of beam elements.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages60-64
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 1979
EventUnknown conference - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: Nov 13 1979Nov 16 1979

Conference

ConferenceUnknown conference
CitySan Francisco, CA, USA
Period11/13/7911/16/79

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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