2024

Perez Manuel Garcia; Kozlova Mariia; Bermudez Susana Izquierdo; Perez Juan Carlos; Yeomans Julian Scott

Superconducting magnets are typically used for high-field applications such as particle accelerators for particle physics investigation. Their design and operation entail considerable forces that could damage or break the brittle Nb3Sn alloy in their coils. For this reason, these magnets feature a support structure around superconducting coils designed to hold them in place while ensuring that they will not break. The conception of these magnets and the support structure is performed via consecutive magnetic and mechanical finite-element simulations for different design options. In this chapter, SimDec is used to analyze the effects of different combinations of design choices on the performance and structural viability of the magnet.