Title :
Testing and evaluation of superconducting cables for the LHC
Author :
Thomas, K. ; Ghosh, A. ; McChesney, D. ; Jain, A.
Author_Institution :
BNL, Upton, NY, USA
Abstract :
As one of the activities of the US-LHC Accelerator Project, BNL is testing short samples of superconducting cables that will be used in the main LHC dipoles and quadrupoles. The purpose of these tests is to verify that the reels of superconducting cables as supplied by the vendors meet the required critical current specifications. The short-sample testing facility and the computer-assisted testing techniques for acquiring the data are described. We also describe the data analysis, data storage, and data transmission methods
Keywords :
accelerator magnets; colliding beam accelerators; proton accelerators; storage rings; superconducting cables; superconducting magnets; test facilities; LHC; LHC dipoles; LHC quadrupoles; computer-assisted testing techniques; critical current specifications; data analysis; data storage; data transmission methods; short-sample testing facility; superconducting cables; Assembly; Communication cables; Computational Intelligence Society; Critical current; Data analysis; Large Hadron Collider; Life estimation; Memory; Superconducting cables; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.792245
