Flux jump-assisted pulsed field magnetisation of high-$J_c$ bulk high-temperature superconductors
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Investigating, predicting and optimising practical magnetisation techniques for charging bulk superconductors is a crucial prerequisite to their use as high performance ‘psuedo’ permanent magnets. The leading technique for such magnetisation is the pulsed field magnetisation (PFM) technique, in which a large magnetic field is applied via an external magnetic field pulse of duration of the order of milliseconds. Recently ‘giant field leaps’ have been observed during charging by PFM: this effect greatly aids magnetisation as flux jumps occur in the superconductor leading to magnetic flux suddenly intruding into the centre of the superconductor. This results in a large increase in the measured trapped field at the centre of the top surface of the bulk sample and full magnetisation. Due to the complex nature of the magnetic flux dynamics during the PFM process, simple analytical methods, such as those based on the Bean critical state model, are not applicable. Consequently, in order to successfully model this process, a multi-physical numerical model is required, including both electromagnetic and thermal considerations over short time scales. In this paper, we show that a standard numerical modelling technique, based on a 2D axisymmetric finite-element model implementing the
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K02910X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P00962X/1)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K04646)