A saddle superconducting magnet for experimental MHD generator

A saddle superconducting magnet for experimental MHD generator has been designed, constructed and tested. The magnet has /spl phi/ 44 cm warm bore, 103 cm effective magnetic length and 4 T central field. It consists of 17 layers, each layer has two circular saddle coils with 54.5/spl deg/ segment cross section. The conductor is 2 mm /spl times/ 20 mm NbTi monolithic provided by Supercoil Inc. The coils are assembled on the bore tube by spiral bandings. The performances and the test results of the saddle superconducting magnet is presented.<
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