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Title: Magnetic instabilities in Nb3Sn strands and cables

Conference ·
OSTI ID:15017034

This paper describes a model for calculation of magnetic instabilities in superconducting wires with transport current and reports results of instability simulations in Nb{sub 3}Sn strands from different manufactures. The effect of magnetic instabilities on the strand and cable performance is presented and a criterion for the maximum effective sub-element size of strands for high field magnets is formulated.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
15017034
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-04-253-TD; TRN: US0605276
Resource Relation:
Conference: Prepared for Applied Superconductivity Conference: Harnessing the Magic (ASC 04), Jacksonville, Florida, 3-8 Oct 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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