Thermal analysis of the Advanced Lightweight Influence Sweep System (ALISS) superconducting magnet
By:  Phillip K. Pall
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Description: A steady state thermal analysis of the superconducting magnet (SCM) in the Advanced Lightweight Influence Sweep System (ALISS) was performed using commercial Finite Element Modeling (FEM) software. Cryocooler interface temperature from a no-load performance curve and uniform heat flux due to radiation, conduction and instrumentation heat leaks were input as the boundary conditions. Two major cases were examined: one with instrumentation heat flux dispersed around the SCM and one with instrumentation heat flux concentrated. Both resulted in the SCM staying within temperature specifications. A separate group of exploratory cases determined the heat flux values that "quenched" the SCM, causing cessation of superconductivity.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Matthew Kelleher.

"December 1994."

Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1994.

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