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Title Quench propagation in Nb$_{3}$Sn cos-theta 11 T dipole model magnets in high stress areas
Author(s) Mangiarotti, Franco J (CERN) ; Willering, Gerard P (CERN) ; Bajas, Hugues (CERN) ; Bajko, Marta ; Bordini, Bernardo (CERN) ; Bottura, Luca (CERN) ; Izquierdo Bermudez, Susana (CERN) ; Löffler, Christian H (CERN) ; Gomez, Jose V Lorenzo ; Savary, Frederic (CERN) ; Probst, Matthias (CERN)
Publication 2018
Number of pages 4
In: IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 28 (2018) 4008204
In: 13th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity, ICCG, Geneva, Switzerland, 17 - 21 Sep 2017, pp.4008204
DOI 10.1109/TASC.2018.2818282
Subject category Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract A large number of training quenches at various currents, temperatures, and ramp rates, have been performed on six 11 T dipole model magnets. Quenches in the midplane of these magnets were of special interest, since the quench current in the last three models measured in 2016 was limited to between 84% and 92% of the magnets short sample limit. Measurements of quench propagation velocity, based on both voltage taps and quench antennas, yield a high propagation velocity of 50 to 80 m/s. Due to the high magnetic field gradient over the width of the midplane turn such a high propagation speed cannot be explained by propagation in longitudinal direction of the strand following the twist pitch. In these cases, current and heat sharing at the thin cable edge (where the field, stress, and cable compaction are high) are likely to provoke strand-to-strand quench propagation at higher velocities than along the strands. This investigation is focused on analyzing the quench propagation along the strands and strand-to-strand of various measured cases.

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