J Voccio, F J Rueckert, P Curtsmith, C J Favazza, J Boyle, M Franchi, C Allen, N Tetreault, L Munson, V Nedbal, A Weekes-Tulloch
This paper summarizes the status of a 3-year, NIH-funded research project to study the strength of high temperature superconductors under high circumferential hoop stress, in order to qualify these materials for high-field (> 1 GHz-class NMR magnets. The unique approach presented here is to spin test coils at high rotational speeds, approaching 100,000 rpm, in order to induce the necessary hoop stress. Thermal strain compatibility between the Bi-2212 wire and Inconel wire has been qualified, including thermal cycling...
December 2019: Journal of Physics. Conference Series