Studies of Multistage Mechanical Behavior of CICC Superconducting cable

Bachelor thesis defense at Lanzhou University

Dasheng Wang
Advisor: Wurui Ta
2018.5.17
1. Study Background
2. Implementation of Finite elements analysis
software
3. Mechanical behavior of 1×7 cable structure
4. Mechanical behavior of CICC cables
 Operation of Tokamak divice needs
more than 10 T magnetic field，such
a strong magnetic field requires the
superconducting cables
Superconducting materials like
Nb3bn are sensitive to strain

The cables used in ITER

are called CICC, which
have a complicated
hierarchical structure
 Feng model Qin model
1. For modeling. Wang's scheme is based on Feng's model, Feng's model is based on the simulation of the first
stage of the winch (uncompressed) model, the sub-cable has a large space in the middle, resulting in slip, when
subjects a larger inward movement; Closer to reality. After calculation, we can see that different models cause
very different results.
.
2. Added discussion of the details of finite element analysis. A method of adding constraints is proposed, which
can easily control the rotation constraint around the axis and obtain the related curve, compare the calculation
of 1 x 7 rope with the experiment, verify the influence of some settings on the results, and intercept more
cross-sections in the model, and qualitatively analyze the causes of stress distribution of different sections.
 Geometry parameters

Spiral Angle (°) 78.2

1×7 cable Outer strand radius (mm) 1.865

Center strand radius (mm) 1.97

Level Number of Pitch (mm) Spiral Spiral

strands direction Radius(mm)
ITER TF coil 1 3 80 Right 0.4731
CICC cable
2 3 140 Right 0.8831

3 5 190 Right 2.0537

A B C

D E F
 Then change to Dynamics Explicit Analysis
Step, set at 10 s. To reduce the operation time, a
mass scaling factor is used to scale 106
Reducing time and using mass scaling may
result in increased kinetic effects and errors.
According to Abaqus Manual, as long as the
kinetic energy/internal energy of the structure is
less than 10%, the result can be considered
reliable.

Static General, unable to converge

 8
Hard contact in normal directions 9
2
7 1 3
Interaction between 6
strands
4 1
5
1 0
Tangent friction (0.1 of friction factors defined by 2 1
the penalty function) 1

Surface-to-Surface Contact （1×7、triplets）

Contact pairs

General Contact（3×3、3×3×5）
Constraints
First, a reference point is established at the fixed end
of the model, coupled with the fixed end of the model,
and a fixed constraint is added to the reference point,
so that the size of the support counter force of the
reference point is also the corresponding force size of
the entire model.
Advantages
1. Constraints that rotate around the axial can be added
2. Easy axial pull, torque, shear, bending curve graph for the entire
model

Load: Load end adds axial displacement (stretch) or vertical

displacement (bend)
 Strain = 1.5 %

Mises stress
 Pattern 1: Axis
Symmetry
Distribution
Pattern 2: Center
Symmetry

Surfaces intercepted along the axis

 Axial Pull - Axial Strain
Abaqus Experiment

轴向拉力/kN

轴向应变

ABAQUS experiment error

Equivalent Young's modulus 157188.5 MPa 164333.3 MPa 4.3 %
Axial pulling force at elastic limits 110.0 kN 115.0 kN 4.3 %
Axial pulling force at the end of the 120.7 kN 124.0 kN 2.7 %
 Axial Torque - Axial Strain
Abaqus Experiments and models

轴向扭矩/kN·mm

轴向应变
ABAQUS Model (Jiang et al.) error

Pulling force at elastic limits 73.0 kN 75.0 kN 2.7 %

Pulling force at the end of 76.9 kN 81.0 kN 5.1 %

Mechanical behavior of 3×3×5 cable

model
stretching Sub-cable opening
Pentagon-stress Round-bending stress space large - contact
distribution is more dominant stress dominant
uniform
A B C

A B C