简介：Thecentralpostisoneofthecriticalcomponentsforthelowaspectratiotokamak,whichenduresnotonlyatremendousohmicheatingbecauseitcarriesaratherhighcurrent,butalsoalargeneutronheatingandirradiationowingtotheplasmaoperation.TheDScopperalloyGlidcopAL-25[8]waschosenastheconductormaterialforitsadequatemechanicalpropertiesandphysicsproperties.Thecentralposthasacylindricalstructurewithlotsofcoolingchannels.Thelengthofthecentralpostforthenextgenerationofnuclearfusionsphericaltokamakswillbemorethan10mor20m.Thestructuralstabilityisverycrucial.Whentheappliedloadislargerthanthestructurecriticalbucklingload,thedevicewillloseitsstabilityandcollapse.Inordertocal'culatethecriticalbucklingload,a1/6-segmentfiniteelementmodelwasusedandtheforceactingonthecentralpostwassimulated.Theresultsshowedthattheverticalcompressivestressesmainlyaffectthestabilityofthecentralpost.Thelinearbucklinganalysisresultswithfiniteelementmethodbasedonsmalldeformationtheoryweregiveninthispaper.Therelationcurvesandfunctionsforbucklingfactor,dependingonthedifferentlengthsandtheradiusofthecentralpost,thediameterofcoolingchannelandthemaximumallowablecurrentdensity,werealsoshown.