The effect of hydrostatic pressure and seismic load on ITER lower cryopump ports

The lower cryopump ports in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) as a part of the vacuum vessel play many important roles. As the boundary of vacuum it must be ensured against structural damage. In this study a finite element model of the lower cryopump ports was developed by ANSYS code with a purpose to evaluate the stress and displacement level on it. Two kinds of loads were taken into account. One was the hydrostatic pressure including the normal operation pressure and test pressure. The other was the seismic load. The analysis results show that the peak stress does not exceed the allowable stress for either the hydrostatic pressure or the seismic load according to the ITER structural design criterion, which indicates that the structure has a good safety margin.