Tokamak Engineering Mechanics

Tokamak Engineering Mechanics offers concise and thorough coverage of engineering mechanics theory and application for tokamaks, and the material is reinforced by numerous examples. Chapter topics include general principles, static mechanics, dynamic mechanics, thermal fluid mechanics and multiphysics structural mechanics of tokamak structure analysis. The theoretical principle of the design and the methods of the analysis for various components and load conditions are presented, while the latest engineering technologies are also introduced. The book will provide readers involved in the study of mechanical/fusion engineering with a general understanding of tokamak engineering mechanics.

Yuntao Song is Head of the Tokamak Design Division at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academic of Science (ASIPP), China.

List of contents

The General Structure and the Operation Condition of the Tokamak.- Strength Analysis.- Stability Analysis.- Fatigue Strength Analysis.- Electromagnetic Dynamic Response.- Seismic Dynamic Response.- Structure Thermal Fluid Mechanics.- Thermal Stress Analysis.- Heat transfer and Fluid Mechanics Analysis.- The Cryogenic Mechanical Features of the Tokamak device.- The Structure Mechanics Response of the Tokamak under the Multiphysics condition.

Summary

Tokamak Engineering Mechanics offers concise and thorough coverage of engineering mechanics theory and application for tokamaks, and the material is reinforced by numerous examples. Chapter topics include general principles, static mechanics, dynamic mechanics, thermal fluid mechanics and multiphysics structural mechanics of tokamak structure analysis. The theoretical principle of the design and the methods of the analysis for various components and load conditions are presented, while the latest engineering technologies are also introduced. The book will provide readers involved in the study of mechanical/fusion engineering with a general understanding of tokamak engineering mechanics.

Yuntao Song is Head of the Tokamak Design Division at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academic of Science (ASIPP), China.

Product details

• Authors: Shijun Du, Yunta Song, Yuntao Song, Weiyu Wu, Weiyue Wu
• Assisted by: Yuntao Song (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2013
• EAN: 9783642395741
• ISBN: 978-3-642-39574-1
• No. of pages: 241
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 238 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 534 g
• Illustrations: X, 241 p. 175 illus.
• Series: Mechanical Engineering Series; Mechanical Engineering Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Plasmaphysik, B, energy systems, engineering, Energy Grids and Networks, Energy technology & engineering, quality control, Industrial and Production Engineering, Nuclear Fusion, reliability, Nuclear physics, Nuclear Energy, Industrial safety, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Reliability engineering, Plasma Physics