Title :
Modeling of the Performance of
CICCs for High Field Magnet Design
Author :
Zhai, Yuhu ; Bird, Mark D.
Author_Institution :
Nat. High Magn. Field Lab., Tallahassee, FL
fDate :
6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Accurate prediction of the performance of cable-in-conduit-conductors (CICCs) is challenging but critical for the design of high field magnets such as the series connected hybrid (SCH) magnet currently under development at the NHMFL. With various CICC tests performed for EFDA dipole magnet and ITER, we present the Florida electro-mechanical cable model (FEMCAM) and demonstrate that it is a self-consistent model incorporating important effects caused by differential thermal contraction and filament fracture to better predict CICC performance.
Keywords :
electric conduits; fracture; niobium alloys; superconducting cables; superconducting magnets; tin alloys; EFDA dipole magnet; Florida electromechanical cable model; ITER; cable-in-conduit-conductors; differential thermal contraction; filament fracture; high field magnets; self-consistent model; Cable-in-conduit conductors; high field magnets; performance degradation; superconducting cable modeling;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2008.921902