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News Release from: Ansys | Subject: Ansys Workbench platform
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Software chosen for fusion power project
Engineering simulation solutions from Ansys will be used to accelerate research and development by optimising key components of the ITER experimental fusion reactor.
ITER has adopted software from Ansys to validate the design of its international fusion power plant development project ITER aims to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The partners in the project are the European Union, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of India, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the USA.
ITER will be constructed in Europe at Cadarache in the south of France.
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Researchers will use the broad and linked simulation capabilities within the Ansys Workbench platform to conduct dynamic analyses, nonlinear thermal analysis, electro-magnetic analyses, coupled field analyses and nonlinear structural analyses of the facility.
Construction and commissioning of the project is expected to take about eight years, once a construction license is granted in early 2009.
"Our experience has shown that Ansys software gives engineers the opportunity to analyse all kinds of engineering problems in an efficient and flexible manner".
"The analyses performed to date have provided invaluable information about the mechanical behaviour of the ITER components, such as the magnet system, vacuum vessel, divertor and other components", said Cornelis Jong, Mechanical Engineer in the magnet division at ITER.
"These tools will contribute to ITER's success, leading to large-scale nuclear power without a long-term nuclear waste stream, which would be a monumental environmental and economic achievement in the 21st century".
The ITER fusion reactor is based on the tokamak concept, in which low-temperature superconducting coils are positioned around a toroidal vessel.
These coils produce magnetic forces that confine hot plasma long enough to generate 10 times more power through fusion than required to keep it hot.
ITER intends to demonstrate that fusion could be used to generate electrical power; the aim of the project is to gain the necessary data to design and operate the first electricity-producing fusion plant.
"We at Ansys are excited to be providing single-platform multiphysics CAE solutions to the ITER organisation, and to be taking part in the quest for a clean and abundant energy source for the future", said Chris Reid, Vice President, Marketing at Ansys.
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