Abstract
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) accelerator is being upgraded to increase the beam power from 1.4MW at 1GeV to 2.8MW at 1.3GeV. The currents in the middle two injection chicane magnets cannot simply be scaled up to accommodate the increased injection energy of 1.3GeV due to potential excessive H- stripping; the magnets must be replaced with longer, lower-field magnets and the associated vacuum chambers need to be redesigned. A new teardrop-shaped vacuum chamber was initially designed to accommodate the new magnets and the updated beam paths and instrumentation. This paper focuses on the structural stability study of the teardrop shape vacuum chamber based on buckling analysis. Protection against collapse from buckling according to the ASME BPVC requirement has been evaluated in depth. First, a Type-1 bifurcation buckling analysis using a linear eigenvalue solution to determine the critical load factor was performed. Subsequently, a Type-3 nonlinear collapse analysis was conducted using the static Riks method with elastic-plastic material properties and imperfections explicitly considered in the model geometry. The critical buckling load for the teardrop shape vacuum chamber was confidently estimated based upon this two-stage approach.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Computer Technology and Bolted Joints; Design and Analysis |
| Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780791886151 |
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| State | Published - 2022 |
| Event | ASME 2022 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2022 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: Jul 17 2022 → Jul 22 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP |
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| Volume | 2 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-027X |
Conference
| Conference | ASME 2022 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Las Vegas |
| Period | 07/17/22 → 07/22/22 |
Funding
The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of Drew Winder for providing insightful advice and reviewing the paper. The SNS is sponsored by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, and managed by UT-Battelle, LLC under contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
Keywords
- buckling
- geometric non-linearity
- non-linear collapse analysis
- teardrop-shaped vacuum chamber