Mechanical performance of full-scale prototype quadrupole magnets for the SSC

Author

Cortella, J.M. ; Devred, A. ; Wandesforde, A.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

699

Lastpage

704

Abstract

Six 5-m-long prototype quadrupole magnets have been built and cold-tested at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory for the Superconducting Super Collider. The authors report on the mechanical behavior of the magnets, focusing on measurements made during cold-testing. Each of the magnets contained instrumentation to monitor the mechanical performance on the magnets during assembly and cold-testing. In addition, the instrumentation was used along with physical measurements as aids during magnet assembly. Quantities measured include coil pressures during assembly, cooldown, and magnet energization; axial thermal contraction of the magnets during cooldown; and axial force transmitted to the magnet end-plates. For the most part, mechanical measurements have proven repeatable and agree well with analysis.<>

Keywords

beam handling equipment; proton accelerators; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; 5 m; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; SSC; Superconducting Super Collider; axial force; axial thermal contraction; coil pressures; cold-tested; cooldown; full-scale prototype quadrupole magnets; instrumentation; magnet assembly; magnet end-plates; magnet energization; mechanical behavior; mechanical measurements; physical measurements; Assembly; Coils; Energy measurement; Force measurement; Instruments; Mechanical variables measurement; Monitoring; Prototypes; Superconducting magnets; Thermal force;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.233800

Filename

233800