Investigation on Numerical Calculation of Thermal Boundary Resistance between Superconducting Magnets

Abstract:

Aiming at the problem that thermal boundary resistance (TBR) has an effect on heat transportation of superconducting magnet when Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) is cooled directly, from perspective of numerical calculation, truncated cone, circular arc and triangular models are used to simulate the solid to solid contact surface, and finite element method is adopted to carry on numerical simulation calculation for thermal boundary resistance. With comparison and analysis of the calculation results of the three models, knowing that the value calculated with the triangular model when its control angle is 30° is close to the measured value and its relative error is 17%. Meanwhile, the error source is analyzed. This dissertation can be a good reference to the research on superconducting magnet heat transportation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 217-219)
• Pages: 2505-2509
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.217-219.2505
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Hu Du*, Gang Wu, Xiang Li, Ke Bi, Ji Ma, Hui Ling Wang
• Keywords: Finite Element Method (FEM), Geometric Model, SMES, TBR

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