Title :
Quenches and resulting thermal and mechanical effects on epoxy impregnated Nb3Sn high field magnets
Author :
Yamada, R. ; Kim, S.W. ; Lee, A. ; Wands, R. ; Rey, J.M. ; Wake, M.
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
Abstract :
Thermal deformation and resulting mechanical stress due to quenches inside epoxy-impregnated Nb3Sn high field magnets are studied with a combination of a quench simulation program, and the ANSYS program. We use the geometry of the high field cosine theta type dipole magnets with one meter and 10 meter length. The turns where quenches start are heated excessively, up to 100 K to 300 K, depending on the coil length and time delay. The non-quenching turns and surrounding material are not heated substantially. This large temperature gradient causes high local stress in the quenching conductors and their insulation material. The ANSYS program is used to calculate this response
Keywords :
accelerator magnets; niobium compounds; superconducting magnets; 100 to 300 K; ANSYS program; Nb3Sn; coil length; epoxy-impregnated Nb3Sn high field magnets; high field cosine theta type dipole magnets; high local stress; insulation material; mechanical stress; quench simulation program; quenches; quenching conductors; thermal deformation; time delay; Coils; Conducting materials; Deformable models; Delay effects; Geometry; Magnets; Niobium; Thermal quenching; Thermal stresses; Tin;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.988132
