Current Status of the Texas A&M Magnet R&D Program

Author

McInturff, A. ; Blackburn, R. ; Diaczenko, N. ; Elliott, T. ; Holik, T. ; Jaisle, A. ; McIntyre, P. ; Sattarov, A.

Author_Institution

Phys. & Astron. Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1620

Lastpage

1623

Abstract

The current status of the Texas A&M superconducting magnet R&D program is reported. The program is implementing a design philosophy in which Lorentz stress is managed within the coils of a block-coil geometry, isostatic preload is delivered using an arrangement of pressurized Wood´s metal filled bladders, insulation utilizes fine-filament Silane-sized S-glass, and low-field multipoles are constrained by a flux plate integrated with the coil package. Construction progress on TAMU3 is reported and plans for a full-aperture dipole TAMU5 are discussed.

Keywords

superconducting magnets; Lorentz stress; TAMU3; TAMU5; Texas A&M superconducting magnet R&D program; block-coil geometry; coil package; fine-filament silane-sized S-glass; flux plate; full-aperture dipole; isostatic preload; low-field multipoles; pressurized Wood´s metal filled bladders; Bladder; Cable insulation; Coils; Magnetomechanical effects; Superconducting magnets; Windings; Accelerator magnets; superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2010.2081654

Filename

5617309