Experimental Study and Optimization of HTS Bulk Levitation Unit for Launch Assist

Author

Qiu, M. ; Yang, W.J. ; Wen, Z. ; Lin, L.Z. ; Yang, G.H. ; Liu, Y.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. Eng., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1120

Lastpage

1123

Abstract

Magnetic levitation and propulsion has been viewed as a safe, reliable, and inexpensive launch assist for sending small payloads into orbit. In order to investigate the feasibility of HTS bulk levitation system for the purpose, an experimental setup was designed and constructed to study the performance of the lifting body above permanent magnet (PM) guideway. The measurements of the levitation force and guidance force were carried out in zero-field-cooled and field-cooled modes for different topologies of HTS bulk arrangements and PM guideway configurations. The results were analyzed with computational simulations. An optimal design was discussed for the levitation system for launch assist

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic levitation; optimisation; permanent magnets; HTS bulk levitation unit; computational simulations; inexpensive launch assist; magnetic levitation; optimal design; optimization; permanent magnet guideway configurations; zero-field-cooled modes; Extraterrestrial measurements; Force measurement; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic levitation; Payloads; Permanent magnets; Propulsion; Topology; Dynamic stability; electromagnetic forces; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic levitation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2006.871337

Filename

1643046