Axisymmetric Three-Dimensional Stress Distribution in a Hollow Cylindrical Bulk Superconductor

Author

Tsuchimoto, Masanori

Author_Institution

Hokkaido Inst. of Technol., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

49

Issue

5

fYear

2013

fDate

May-13

Firstpage

1885

Lastpage

1888

Abstract

In magnetization process by field cooling of a bulk high-Tc superconductor (HTS), stresses are induced by the Lorentz force between shielding currents and magnetic fields. Evaluation of the maximum stress during the magnetization is important from the viewpoint of the destruction of the bulk HTS. Stresses in a hollow cylindrical bulk HTS are numerically evaluated in the axisymmetric three-dimensional analysis. Shielding current distributions are obtained through a macroscopic numerical simulation with the Maxwell equations and the critical state model. Uniform trapped fields are discussed for piled bulk magnets. The stress distributions are obtained through numerical analysis with the finite-difference method. Maximum hoop stress is discussed for different boundary conditions of the bulk HTS.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; cooling; critical current density (superconductivity); finite difference methods; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic shielding; magnetisation; Lorentz force; Maxwell equations; axisymmetric three-dimensional stress distribution; boundary conditions; bulk high-Tc superconductors; critical state model; field cooling; finite-difference method; hollow cylindrical bulk HTS destruction; hollow cylindrical bulk superconductors; hoop stress; macroscopic numerical simulation; magnetic fields; magnetization process; numerical analysis; piled bulk magnets; shielding current distributions; trapped fields; Critical state model; high-Tc superconductor; macroscopic numerical simulation; shielding current distribution; stress distribution;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2013.2244075

Filename

6514590