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Numerical Simulation of High-Temperature Superconducting Stacked-Tape Magnetic Lens via H-ϕ Model

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Peer-reviewed

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Abstract

Magnetic lens, exploiting the induced screening current, may concentrate the spatial magnetic flux. This concept has been realized by several research groups using GdBCO and/or MgB₂ bulk superconductors. The limitation of the magnitude of concentrated flux density lies on the mechanical brittleness of the materials and the flux instability. High-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape possesses excellent mechanical and flux pinning properties and hence is a good candidate for magnetic lens. In this study, we implemented numerical simulations on the design of magnetic lenses using HTS stacked tapes. The models were constructed based on H-ϕ formulations. We investigated and compared the concentration effect of various magnetic lenses with different topologies. The results show that a central field of 22.69 T and 25.62 T can be achieved respectively with rectangular-shaped stacks and X-shaped stacks in an applied magnetic field of 20 T. An optimized design of the magnetic lens has been proposed and correspondingly the mechanism for a better concentration-effect has been explained which provides a good reference for future experiments and applications.

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Finite element methods, magnetic shielding, superconducting tapes

Journal Title

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

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1051-8223
1558-2515

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P020313/1)
National Key Research and Development Program (2016YFF0101701); Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB25000000); Project (6140923050202); EPSRC Early Career Fellowship, EP/P020313/1