학술논문

Tests of prototype SSC magnets
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics IEEE Trans. Magn. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on. 24(2):730-733 Mar, 1988
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Testing
Prototypes
Superconducting magnets
Laboratories
Superconducting coils
Test facilities
Temperature
Cryogenics
Cooling
Language
ISSN
0018-9464
1941-0069
Abstract
Results are presented from tests of the third full-scale development dipole magnet for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) and from a retest of a 4.5-m model magnet of the same design mounted in an SSC cryostat. The 4.5-m magnet showed consistent quench performance between its original tests in boiling liquid helium in a vertical dewar and the current tests in forced-flow helium in a horizontal cryostat. Little or no retraining was observed over several thermal cycles. The full-length magnet required 12 quenches to train to its short-sample limit of 6800 A and displayed a reasonably stable quench plateau following training. Data are presented on quench behavior as a function of current and temperature, and on azimuthal and longitudinal loading of the coil by the support structure.ETX