Thermomechanical analysis of a compact-design high heat load crotch absorber

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a third-generation synchrotron facility built to generate extremely powerful x-rays. x-ray absorbers in the APS dipole vacuum chambers, known as crotch absorbers, are subjected to a very high power density of 750 Watt/mm{sup 2} at 300 mA of beam current. In the compact design of the APS crotch absorbers, this high heat load is handled by a combination of optimized geometry, fins for power dispersion and cooling efficiency, and a material with high fatigue strength (Glidcop). The basic design and the results of detailed thermomechanical finite element analysis are presented in this paper