The synchrotron radiation is an important light source used to improve the measurement
resolution and efficiency of scientific equipments. The electrons in radio frequency system are
accelerated by the synchrotron radiation superconducting cavity. Tensile or compressive loads along
the axial direction may be applied on this thin-walled shell cavity for compensating the frequency
shift due to the variations of surrounding condition. In order to avoid the failure of the thin-walled
shell cavity before the frequency tuning process, the finite element method and experiment were used
to predict the deformation behavior and limit load of thin-walled shell cavity. The parameters such as
thickness, material properties and radius of round beam tube were discussed. The finite element
results show that the limit loads were overestimated when the material properties were assumed to be
linear elastic. When the cavity becomes thicker, the limit loads and the maximum compressive
displacements of thin-walled shell cavity increase. The analysis method used in this paper can help us
find the tunable ranges of synchrotron radiation superconducting cavities with different thicknesses,
material properties and geometries.
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