Efficient Numerical Modeling of Field Diffusion in High-Temperature Superconducting Wires

Author

Golosnoy, Igor O. ; Sykulski, Jan K.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Volume

46

Issue

8

fYear

2010

Firstpage

3173

Lastpage

3176

Abstract

Application of a finite-volume front-fixing method to various front-type problems with moving boundaries and nonlinear material properties is extended to two-dimensional (2D) problems. Attention needs to be paid to conservation properties of the algorithm and accurate solutions close to the moving boundaries. Advantages of the method are highlighted, and particular implementation difficulties discussed. The algorithm has been tested against analytical solutions of diffusion problems possessing cylindrical symmetry.

Keywords

high-temperature superconductors; numerical analysis; symmetry; conservation properties; cylindrical symmetry; field diffusion; finite-volume front-fixing method; high-temperature superconducting wires; moving boundaries; nonlinear material properties; numerical modeling; two-dimensional problems; Algorithm design and analysis; Current density; Electromagnetic coupling; Equations; Grid computing; High temperature superconductors; Material properties; Numerical models; Superconducting filaments and wires; Testing; Coupled problems; front-fixing method; moving boundary problems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2010.2043718

Filename

5512968