ASC 2012 Short Courses
Full Day Short Courses – 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Sunday, October 7, 2012
1. Design and Modeling of LTS Superconducting Magnets
Location: Oregon Convention Center
Cost: Non-Students: $225 (early), $275 (late); Students: $125. Fee includes continental breakfast, boxed lunch and breaks. Late fee applies as of August 11, 2012.
Description: This course will cover the design of magnets based on low-temperature superconducting materials. The lectures are intended for physicists and engineers working in the areas of magnet technology and applied superconductivity, and interested in basic principles, physical parameters, analytical and numerical tools used for superconducting magnet design. The course will describe the key steps which define the magnetic, mechanical and thermal parameters of a superconducting magnet. The first part will deal with properties and characteristics of the superconducting strands and cables, with a description of the motivations behind their design features and dimensions. We will then outline the main concepts of magnetic design, starting from the analytic description of field profiles and proceeding with an overview of different coil configurations. The mechanical aspects of superconducting magnet will be presented, with particular emphasis on all the components used to contain the electro-magnetic forces and manage the stresses. Finally, we will deal with quench and protection. A case study, summarizing the main items covered by the course, will be presented and commented in the class.
• Basic properties of superconducting materials
• Practical superconductors: strand and cable designs
• Stability
• AC losses
• Field description
• Superconducting coil design
• Electro-magnetic forces and support structures
• Quench initiation and propagation
• Detection and protection systems
Location: Oregon Convention Center
Cost: Non-Students: $225 (early), $275 (late); Students: $125. Fee includes continental breakfast, boxed lunch and breaks. Late fee applies as of August 11, 2012.
F. Sirois, EP Monreal. Montreal, Canada
Location: Oregon Convention Center
Cost: Non-Students: $175 (early), $225 (late); Students: $95. Fee includes continental breakfast, boxed lunch and breaks. Late fee applies as of August 11, 2012.