High-energy synchrotron X-ray tomography coupled with digital image correlation highlights likely failure points inside ITER toroidal field conductors

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. Thes...

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Autores principales: Ryan Warr, Matthew C. Jewell, Neil Mitchell, Alexander Rack, Jack Swanson, Vladimir Tronza, Robert Cernik
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Sumario: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.