1 Tokamak Design Division, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
2 School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Anhui University of Architecture, Hefei 230601, China
3 Mechanical Engineering Department, Hefei University, Hefei 230022, China
Funds: Supported by ASIPP under contract MOU-GSI-ACC-2005-01, the Special Fund of Talent Development of Anhui Province (No.2009Z056), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Anhui University of Architecture (No.K02425), and the Fund of Anhui Educational Committee (No.KJ2010B036).
The superconducting dipole prototype magnet of the collector ring for the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is an international cooperation project. The collaborative simulation and testing of the developed prototype magnet is presented in this paper. To evaluate the mechanical strength of the coil case during quench, a 3-dimensional (3D) electromagnetic (EM) model was developed based on the solid97 magnetic vector element in the ANSYS commercial software, which includes the air region, coil and yoke. EM analysis was carried out with a peak operating current at 278A. Then, the solid97 element was transferred into the solid185 element, the coupled analysis was switched from electromagnetic to structural, and the finite element model for the coil case and glass-fiber reinforced composite (G10) spacers was established by the ANSYS Parametric Design Language based on the 3D model from the CATIA V5 software. However, to simulate the friction characteristics inside the coil case, the conta174 surface-to-surface contact element was established. The results for the coil case and G10 spacers show that they are safe and have sufficient strength, on the basis of testing in discharge and quench scenarios.
MA Keyan (马克岩), YANG Dong (杨东), LU Jingbin (陆景彬), WANG Lielin (王烈林), WANG Huidong (王辉东), LIU Yunzuo (刘运祚), LIU Gongye (刘弓冶), LI Li (李黎), MA Yingjun (马英君), YANG Sen (杨森), LIU Shan (刘珊), et al. Magnetic dipole band in 113In[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2012, 14(5): 399-401. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/14/5/13