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Title: Design and fabrication of the superconducting-magnet system for the Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6684329· OSTI ID:6684329

The superconducting magnet system for the Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B) consists of 24 magnets; i.e. two pairs of C-shaped Yin-Yang coils, four C-shaped transition coils, four solenoidal axicell coils, and a 12-solenoid central cell. General Dynamics Convair Division has designed all the coils and is responsible for fabricating 20 coils. The two Yin-Yang pairs (four coils) are being fabricated by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Since MFTF-B is not a magnet development program, but rather a major physics experiment critical to the mirror fusion program, the basic philosophy has been to use proven materials and analytical techniques wherever possible. The transition and axicell coils are currently being analyzed and designed, while fabrication is under way on the solenoid magnets.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
6684329
Report Number(s):
UCRL-15488; ON: DE83000592
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English