Status of structural design and configuration development:
• Coil shape program has been modified to give more control over orientation of I-beam at inner
and outer mid-plane.
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• Conformal shell is
being developed, but with difficulty (surfaces are ugly, offsets and cuts do not work well).
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• Investigating use of a
NURBS based surface modeler that would complement Pro/ENGINEER.
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• Structure modeling is
tedious and depends on details of the modular coil set.
Approx 3-4 weeks will be required to prepare a model for loads and stress
analysis.