Effects of Slip Planes on Stresses in MICE Coupling Solenoid Coil Assembly
The MICE superconducting coupling solenoid magnet is made from copper matrix Nb-Ti conductors with inner radius of 750 mm, length of 285 mm and thickness of 110.4 mm at room temperature. The coil is to be wound on a mandrel made of aluminum. The peak magnetic field on the conductor is about 7.3 T when fully charged at 210 A. High magnetic field and large size make the stress inside the coupling coil assembly relatively high during cool down and full energizing. The shear stress between coil winding and aluminum casing may cause premature quench. To avoid quench potential induced by stress, slip planes were designed for the coil assembly. In this paper, FE models with and without slip planes for it have been developed to simulate the stresses during the process including winding, cooling down and charging. The stress distribution in the coil assembly with and without slip planes was investigated. The results show that slip planes with low friction coefficients can improve the stress condition in the coil, especially reduce the shear stress largely so that improve the stability.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Accelerator& Fusion Research Division; Engineering Division
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 984364
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-3571E; TRN: US1005934
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 20, Issue 3; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: June 2010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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