Analysis of the FELIX experiments with cantilevered beams and hollow cylinders

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5917952

Turner, L R; Hua, T Q; Lee, S Y

Experiments have been performed with the FELIX facility at Argonne National Laboratory to study the coupling between eddy currents and deflections and to provide data for validating eddy current computer programs. Experiments with cantilevered beams in crossed steady and decaying magnetic fields verify that coupling effects act to alleviate the large currents, deflections, and stresses predicted by uncoupled analyses. Measurements of magnetic fields induced in conducting hollow cylinders are analyzed by exponential fitting and by transfer functions. Spatial variation in the parameters of the exponential fit and in those of the one- and two-pole transfer functions suggests that several eddy current modes are acting in the cylinder test pieces.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5917952
• Report Number(s): CONF-8603116-1; ON: DE86010528
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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