Electromagneto-mechanical coupling analysis of a test module in J-TEXT Tokamak during plasma disruption

In this paper, the dynamic response during plasma disruption of a test blanket module in vacuum vessel (VV) of the Joint TEXT (J-TEXT), which is an experimental Tokamak device with iron core, was simulated by applying a program developed by authors on the ANSYS platform using its parametric design l...

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Published in:Fusion engineering and design 2016-11, Vol.109-111, p.634-641
Main Authors: Dong, Haijie, Yuan, Zhensheng, Yuan, Hongwei, Pei, Cuixiang, Chen, Zhenmao, Yang, Jinhong, Wang, Weihua
Format: Article
Language:English
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APDL
Electromagneto-mechanical coupling effect
J-TEXT Tokamak
Moving coordinate method
Plasma disruption
Test module
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Summary:In this paper, the dynamic response during plasma disruption of a test blanket module in vacuum vessel (VV) of the Joint TEXT (J-TEXT), which is an experimental Tokamak device with iron core, was simulated by applying a program developed by authors on the ANSYS platform using its parametric design language (APDL). The moving coordinate method as well as the load transfer and sequential coupling strategy were adopted to cope with the electromagneto-mechanical coupling effect. To establish the numerical model, the influence of the iron core on the eddy current and electromagnetic (EM) force during disruption was numerically investigated at first and the influence was found not significant. Together with the geometrical features of the J-TEXT Tokamak structure, 180° sector models without magnetic core were finally established for the EM field and the structural response simulations. To obtain the source plasma current, the plasma current evolution during disruption was simulated by using the Tokamak Simulation Code (TSC). With the numerical models and the source plasma current, the dynamic response of both the VV structure and the test module were calculated. The numerical results show that the maximum stress of the test module is in safe range, and the magnetic damping effect can weaken vibration of the test module. In addition, simulation without considering the coupling effect was carried out, which shows that the influence of coupling effect is not significant for the peak stress of the J-TEXT disruption problem.
ISSN:0920-3796
1873-7196
DOI:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.02.030