Quench simulations for superconducting elements in the LHC accelerator

Cryogenics

Volumn 40, Issue 8-10, 2000, Pages 519-529

  Sonnemann, F ^a,b   Schmidt, R ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AC losses; Heat transfer; Propagation velocity; Quench; Superconducting magnets

Indexed keywords

BUSBARS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUENCHING; SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

LARGE HADRON COLLIDERS (LHC);

COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0034457472     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(01)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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