Globally optimal superconducting magnets Part I: Minimum stored energy (MSE) current density map

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Tieng, Quang M ^a   Vegh, Viktor ^a   Brereton, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Current density map; Global optimization; Quadratic programming; Superconducting magnet

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENTS; COMPACT DESIGNS; CONSTRAINED DOMAINS; DENSITY MAPS; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; DO-MAINS; INITIAL VALUES; MAGNET COILS; MAGNET DESIGNS; OPTIMAL CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESSES; PEAK CURRENT DENSITIES; POSITIVE CURRENTS; SEARCH SPACES; STORED ENERGIES; STORED MAGNETIC ENERGIES; SYSTEM ENERGIES;

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS; CURRENT DENSITY; DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETS; MAPS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 57049126484     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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