Quench characteristics and mechanical responses during quench propagation in rare earth barium copper oxide pancake coils

• 来源期刊: 应用数学和力学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（2）
• 页码范围: 235-250
• 页数: 16页
• 分类号: O34
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Quench and mechanical behaviors are critical issues in high temperature superconducting(HTS)coils.In this paper,the quench characteristics in the rare earth barium copper oxide(REBCO)pancake coil at 4.2 K are analyzed,and a two-dimensional(2D)axisymmetric electro-magneto-thermal model is presented.The effects of the con-stituent materials,background field,and coil size are analyzed.An elastoplastic mechan-ical model is used to study the corresponding mechanical responses during the quench propagation.The variations of the temperature and strain in superconducting layers are compared.The results indicate that the radial strain evolutions can reflcct the transverse quench propagation and the tensile hoop and radial stresses in superconducting layers increase with the quench propagation.The possible damages are discussed with the con-sideration of the effects of the background field and coil size.It is concluded that the high background field significantly increases the maximum tensile hoop and radial stresses in quenching coils and local damage may be caused.