A data base of magnet failures and its relevance to magnet design

This data base of magnet failures is the formalization of a process that began a number of years ago as an effort to see what could be learned from failures to assist in the design process for new magnet systems, whether they were one-of-a-kind or the next in a series. The learning and evaluation process applies equally to resistive and to superconducting magnets and both are represented in the data base. The information has been obtained from numerous sources including open literature and from a survey of members of this community. The updated study was performed with a particular focus of assessing the safety potential of magnet systems for magnetically levitated vehicles.