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Bulk high-Tc superconductors with drilled holes: how to arrange the holes to maximize the trapped magnetic flux?
Lousberg, Grégory; Ausloos, Marcel; Vanderbemden, Philippe et al.
2008In Superconductor Science and Technology, 21, p. 025010
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Keywords :
superconductors; magnetic properties; artificial holes
Abstract :
[en] Drilling holes in a bulk high-Tc superconductor enhances the oxygen annealing and the heat exchange with the cooling liquid. However, drilling holes also reduces the amount of magnetic flux that can be trapped in the sample. In this paper, we use the Bean model to study the magnetization and the current line distribution in drilled samples, as a function of the hole positions. A single hole perturbs the critical current flow over an extended region that is bounded by a discontinuity line, where the direction of the current density changes abruptly. We demonstrate that the trapped magnetic flux is maximized if the centre of each hole is positioned on one of the discontinuity lines produced by the neighbouring holes. For a cylindrical sample, we construct a polar triangular hole pattern that exploits this principle; in such a lattice, the trapped field is ∼20% higher than in a squared lattice, for which the holes do not lie on discontinuity lines. This result indicates that one can simultaneously enhance the oxygen annealing, the heat transfer and maximize the trapped field.
Research center :
SUPRATECS - Services Universitaires pour la Recherche et les Applications Technologiques de Matériaux Électro-Céramiques, Composites, Supraconducteurs - ULiège
Disciplines :
Physics
Electrical & electronics engineering
Author, co-author :
Lousberg, Grégory ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Electronique et microsystèmes
Ausloos, Marcel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique appliquée et des matériaux - S.U.P.R.A.S.
Vanderbemden, Philippe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Capteurs et systèmes de mesures électriques
Vanderheyden, Benoît  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Electronique et microsystèmes
Language :
English
Title :
Bulk high-Tc superconductors with drilled holes: how to arrange the holes to maximize the trapped magnetic flux?
Publication date :
February 2008
Journal title :
Superconductor Science and Technology
ISSN :
0953-2048
eISSN :
1361-6668
Publisher :
Institute of Physics, Bristol, United Kingdom
Volume :
21
Pages :
025010
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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