Ridgeon, F.J. and Raine, M.J. and Lakrimi, M. and Thomas, A. and Boutboul, T. and Hampshire, D.P. (2018) 'Self-field effects on JC(B,T) measurements of Nb-Ti strands in high magnetic fields.', IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity., 28 (4). p. 9001805.
Abstract
We have investigated the applied magnetic field, temperature, and self-field dependence of the critical current density of a Nb-Ti strand produced for the ITER Poloidal Field conductor. Measurements were made on a standard ITER barrel in magnetic fields from 4.0 to 8.0 T and temperatures from 3.5 to 6.0 K. We investigated the effect of self-field by changing the direction of the transport current, resulting in an inward or outward Lorentz force acting on the strand. At 4.2 K and 5 T, the difference in the measured JC between the two Lorentz force polarities was about 1%. From this low value, we conclude that self-field effects in the Nb-Ti strand are about 40 % of those expected using standard self-field calculations for fully transposed multifilamentary strands, consistent with theoretical considerations for annular filament transposition.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2018.2808370 |
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| Date accepted: | 07 February 2018 |
| Date deposited: | 01 March 2018 |
| Date of first online publication: | 21 February 2018 |
| Date first made open access: | 23 March 2018 |
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