Title :
Analysis of critical-state problems in type-II superconductivity
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Math. & Comput. Sci., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
An efficient numerical scheme is proposed for modeling the hysteretic magnetization of type-II superconductors. Numerical examples are presented for the Bean and Kim critical state models. It is shown that Bean´s model is a Hele-Shaw type problem.
Keywords :
critical current density (superconductivity); magnetic hysteresis; numerical analysis; superconducting materials; type II superconductors; variational techniques; Bean model; Hele-Shaw problem; Kim model; critical state model; hysteretic magnetization; numerical model; type-II superconductivity; variational formulation; Bean model; Conductivity; Current density; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic flux; Magnetization; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting materials; Superconductivity;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
