Review of progress and challenges of key mechanical issues in high-field superconducting magnets

YH Zhou, D Park, Y Iwasa - National Science Review, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The development of modern science and technology requires high magnetic fields
exceeding 25T. Second-generation high-temperature superconducting wires, ie REBCO …

Database of the effect of stabilizer on the resistivity and thermal conductivity of 20 different commercial REBCO tapes

H Zhang, H Suo, L Wang, L Ma, J Liu… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The world's first database on the effect of stabilizers on the resistivity and thermal
conductivity of 20 different commercial REBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (REBCO) tapes was …

Contact resistance between two REBCO tapes: The effects of cyclic loading and surface coating

J Lu, J Levitan, D McRae, R Walsh - … Science and Technology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
No-insulation (NI) superconducting REBCO magnets have advantages of self-quench-
protection, a very high engineering current density and high mechanical strength, and the …

Electromagnetic-thermal-mechanical behaviors of a no-insulation double-pancake coil induced by a quench in the self field and the high field

D Liu, D Li, W Zhang, H Yong… - … Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
High-temperature superconducting double-pancake (DP) coils wound by the no-insulation
(NI) approach have been proved to have a high thermal stability and a self-protecting ability …

Metal-as-insulation variant of no-insulation HTS winding technique: pancake tests under high background magnetic field and high current at 4.2 K

T Lécrevisse, A Badel, T Benkel, X Chaud… - Superconductor …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In the framework of a project aiming at fabricating a 10 T high temperature superconducting
(HTS) insert to operate in a 20 T background field, we are investigating the behavior of …

Thermal stability and mechanical behavior in no-insulation high-temperature superconducting pancake coils

D Liu, W Zhang, H Yong, Y Zhou - Superconductor Science and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract No-insulation (NI) high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coils exhibit high
thermal stability and self-protecting features compared with traditional insulated HTS coils …

Numerical analysis of thermal stability and mechanical response in a no-insulation high-temperature superconducting layer-wound coil

D Liu, W Zhang, H Yong, Y Zhou - Superconductor Science and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
To achieve magnetic field spatial homogeneity and reduce resistive joints, no-insulation (NI)
high-temperature superconducting layer-wound coils are highly desirable for nuclear …

Design, construction and 13 K conduction-cooled operation of a 3 T 100 mm stainless steel cladding all-REBCO magnet

JY Jang, S Yoon, S Hahn, YJ Hwang… - Superconductor …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A conduction-cooled 3 T 100 mm winding bore multi-width and no-insulation (NI) all-REBCO
magnet was designed, constructed and tested at 13 K. The magnet consists of a stack of …

The magnetic cage

E Nasr, SC Wimbush, P Noonan… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) requires high-field magnet designs
and has therefore adopted the REBCO-based high-temperature superconductor (HTS) as its …

Electromagnetic Simulation of No-Insulation Coils Using H – Thin Shell Approximation

E Schnaubelt, M Wozniak, S Schöps… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When simulating no-insulation high-temperature superconducting pancake coils with the
finite element (FE) method, the high aspect ratio of the thin turn-to-turn contact layer (T2TCL) …