The cost of superconducting magnets as a function of stored energy and design magnetic induction times the field volume

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-250

  Green, Michael A ^a   Strauss, Bruce P ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Department of Energy Office of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Superconducting LTS magnet cost

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETS; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETS; NUMBER THEORY; PAPER; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

(MIN ,MAX ,+) FUNCTIONS; CAPITAL COSTS; LOW TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING (LTS) MAGNETS; MAGNETIC (CE); MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC FORCES; MAGNETIC INDUCTION; STORED ENERGY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 45149094060     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2008.921279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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