Development of scaling rules for Rutherford type superconducting cables

Author

Royet, John M. ; Scanlan, R.M.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., CA, USA

Volume

27

Issue

2

fYear

1991

fDate

3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1807

Lastpage

1808

Abstract

Scaling rules that provide guidelines for choosing the parameters for a wide range of superconducting cables are given. These parameters include strand size, strand number, keystone angle, percentage of compaction, cable pitch, and compacted cable dimensions. In addition, the tolerance ranges for the key cable manufacturing parameters such as mandrel size and shape, strand tension, and Turkshead temperature control are defined. Results on cables ranging from 8 strands to 36 strands of 0.65-mm wire and from 8 strands to 30 strands of 0.8-mm wire are presented. These results are used to demonstrate the application of the scaling rules for Rutherford-type cable

Keywords

composite superconductors; critical currents; superconducting cables; superconducting magnets; Rutherford type superconducting cables; Turkshead temperature control; cable design; cable manufacturing parameters; cable pitch; compacted cable dimensions; critical currents; keystone angle; magnet cables; mandrel shape; mandrel size; optimisation; percentage of compaction; scaling rules; strand number; strand size; strand tension; tolerance ranges; Boring; Compaction; Copper; Critical current; Degradation; Guidelines; Manufacturing; Superconducting cables; Superconducting filaments and wires; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.133543

Filename

133543