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 …

Analysis of mechanical behavior and electromechanical properties of REBCO-coated conductor tapes under combined bending-tension loads using numerical …

Y Pan, P Gao - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) high-temperature superconducting-coated
conductor (CC) tapes are potential conductors for high-field magnets. In an operating high …

[HTML][HTML] Electromagnetic-thermal-structure multi-layer nonlinear elastoplastic modelling study on epoxy-impregnated REBCO pancake coils in high-field magnets

P Gao, M Guan, X Wang, Y Zhou - Superconductivity, 2022 - Elsevier
The elastoplastic mechanical behaviour of an epoxy-impregnated REBCO pancake winding
under cryogenics and high magnetic field is investigated in the frame of finite element (FE) …

Typical electrical, mechanical, electromechanical characteristics of copper-encapsulated REBCO tapes after processing in temperature under 250° C

X Pan, W Wu, X Yu, L Lu, C Guo… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Heat treatments are inevitable not only in the production of rare earth barium copper oxide
(REBCO) tapes, but also in their post-processing for applications, typically, in soldering and …

Electromechanical degradation of REBCO coated conductor tapes under combined tension and torsion loading

P Gao, J Mao, J Chen, X Wang, Y Zhou - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the electromechanical and critical current degradation behaviors of rare earth–
barium–copper–oxide (REBCO) coated conductors (CCs) under uniaxial tension, torsion …

Numerical analysis of the electromechanical behavior of high-field REBCO coils in all-superconducting magnets

M Niu, J Xia, H Yong - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite the excellent improvements in high fields resulting from the adoption of REBa 2 Cu
3 O x (REBCO)-coated conductors (CCs), the resulting stress and strain due to winding …

3D modelling of coupled electromagnetic-mechanical responses in REBCO coils involving tape inhomogeneity

M Niu, H Yong, Y Zhou - Superconductor Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Electromagnetic and mechanical properties are crucial components of high-temperature
superconducting magnet in high-field applications. In this research, in order to predict the …

Multiscale modelling and numerical homogenization of the coupled multiphysical behaviors of high-field high temperature superconducting magnets

Y Wang, Z Jing - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Ensuring the safe and stable operation of the high temperature superconducting (HTS)
magnet has become a key problem to be solved currently. In this paper, we developed a …

Improved mechanical models and Ic estimation for the whole life cycle of high temperature superconducting coated conductors

X Li, Y Xu, L Ren, Y Tang - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
To evaluate the effect of mechanical behaviors on the critical current (I c) of superconducting
conductors, this paper develops an improved modeling method at all the composite-layer …

Electromagnetic-mechanical coupling analysis of high-temperature superconducting racetrack coil

L Yu, M Niu, H Yong, Y Zhou - Superconductor Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The second-generation high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coated conductor has
been recognized as one of the most promising materialsfor high field magnets due to its …