High-energy synchrotron X-ray tomography coupled with Digital Image Correlation highlights likely failure points inside ITER toroidal field conductors

Ryan Warr, Matthew C. Jewell, Neil Mitchell, Alexander Rack, Jack Swanson, Vladimir Tronza, Robert Cernik

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Abstract

Two sections of heat-treated (HT) and non-heat-treated (NHT) Cable-in-Conduit Conductor (CICC) of a design similar to the ITER tokomak have been imaged using very high energy X-ray tomography at the ESRF beamline ID19. The sample images were collected at four temperatures down to 77 K. These results showed a greater degree of movement, bundle distortion and touching strands in the NHT sample. The HT sample showed non-linear movements with temperature especially close to 77 K; increasing non-circularity of the superconducting fibre bundles towards the periphery of the CICC, and touching bundles throughout the CICC. The images have highlighted where future design might improve potential weakness, in particular, at the outer perimeters of the conductor and the individual sub-cable, ‘petal’ wraps.
Original languageEnglish
JournalScientific Reports
Early online date30 Nov 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2021

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