TY - JOUR A1 - Kelly, U. A1 - Richter, S. A1 - Redenbach, C. A1 - Schladitz, K. A1 - Scheuerlein, C. A1 - Wolf, F. A1 - Ebermann, P. A1 - Lackner, F. A1 - Schoerling, D. A1 - Meinel, Dietmar T1 - Nb3Sn wire shape and cross sectional area inhomogeneity in Rutherford cables JF - IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity N2 - During Rutherford cable production the wires are plastically deformed and their initially round shape is distorted. Using X-ray absorption tomography we have determined the 3D shape of an unreacted Nb3Sn 11 T dipole Rutherford cable, and of a reacted and impregnated Nb3Sn cable double stack. State-of-theart image processing was applied to correct for tomographic artefacts caused by the large cable aspect ratio, for the segmentation of the individual wires and subelement bundles inside the wires, and for the calculation of the wire cross sectional area and shape variations. The 11 T dipole cable cross section oscillates by 2% with a frequency of 1.24 mm (1/80 of the transposition pitch length of the 40 wire cable). A comparatively stronger cross sectional area variation is observed in the individual wires at the thin edge of the keystoned cable where the wire aspect ratio is largest. KW - X-ray absorption tomography KW - Image processing KW - Accelerator magnet coils KW - Superconducting PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2018.2791637 SN - 1051-8223 SN - 1558-2515 VL - 28 IS - 4 SP - Article 4800705, 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE Journals & Magazines AN - OPUS4-44556 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheuerlein, C. A1 - Finn, Monika A1 - Meyer, Christian A1 - Lackner, F. A1 - Savary, F. A1 - Rehmer, Birgit T1 - Thermomechanical Behavior of the HL-LHC 11 Tesla Nb3Sn Magnet Coil Constituents During Reaction Heat Treatment JF - IEEE Transactions on applied superconductivity N2 - The knowledge of the temperature-induced changes of the superconductor volume and of the thermomechanical behavior of the different coil and tooling materials is required for predicting the coil geometry and the stress distribution in the coil after the Nb3Sn reaction heat treatment. In this paper, we have measured the Young’s and shear moduli of the HL-LHC 11 T Nb3Sn dipole magnet coil and reaction tool constituents during in situ heat cycles with the dynamic resonance method. The thermal expansion behaviors of the coil components and of a free standing Nb3Sn wire were compared based on dilation experiments. KW - Superconducting magnet KW - Young`s modulus KW - Thermal expansion KW - Stress-strain-behavior PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2018.2792485 SN - 1051-8223 SN - 1558-2515 VL - 28 IS - 3 SP - 4003806 - 1 EP - 4003806 - 6 PB - IEEE Council on Superconductivity CY - New York AN - OPUS4-44020 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheuerlein, C. A1 - Andrieux, J. A1 - Michels, M. A1 - Lackner, F. A1 - Chiriac, R. A1 - Hagner, M. A1 - Di Michiel, M. A1 - Meyer, Christian A1 - Toche, F. ED - Foley, C. P. T1 - Effect of the fabrication route on the phase and volume changes during the reaction heat treatment of Nb3Sn superconducting wires JF - Superconductor Science and Technology N2 - Accelerator magnets that can reach magnetic fields well beyond the Nb-Ti performance limits are presently being built and developed, using Nb3Sn superconductors. This technology requires reaction heat treatment (RHT) of the magnet coils, during which Nb3Sn is formed from its ductile precursor materials (a “wind and react” approach). The Nb3Sn microstructure and microchemistry are strongly influenced by the conductor fabrication route, and by the Phase changes during RHT. By combining in situ differential scanning calorimetry, high Energy synchrotron x-ray diffraction, and micro-tomography experiments, we have acquired a unique data set that describes in great detail the phase and microstructure changes that take place during the processing of restacked rod process (RRP), powder-in-tube (PIT), and internal tin (IT) Nb3Sn wires. At temperatures below 450 ° the phase evolutions in the three wire types are similar, with respectively solid state interdiffusion of Cu and Sn, Cu6Sn5 formation, and Cu6Sn5 peritectic transformation. Distinct differences in phase evolutions in the wires are found when temperatures exceed 450 °C. The volume changes of the conductor during RHT are a difficulty in the production of Nb3Sn accelerator magnets. We compare the wire diameter changes measured in situ by dilatometry with the phase and void volume evolution of the three types of Nb3Sn wire. Unlike the Nb3Sn wire length changes, the wire diameter evolution is characteristic for each Nb3Sn wire type. The strongest volume increase, of about 5%, is observed in the RRP wire, where the main diameter increase occurs above 600 °C upon Nb3Sn formation. KW - Nb3Sn KW - Microstructure KW - Phase transformations KW - Volume changes KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Differential scanning calorimetry KW - Synchrotron micro-tomography PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-505128 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ab627c VL - 33 IS - 3 SP - 034004 PB - IOP Publishing CY - Bristol (UK) AN - OPUS4-50512 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pulikowski, D. A1 - Lackner, F. A1 - Scheuerlein, C. A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Savary, F. A1 - Tommasini, D. A1 - Pajor, M. T1 - Testing mechanical behavior of Nb3Sn Rutherford cable during coil winding T2 - IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity N2 - In the framework of the development of high field magnets made of Nb3Sn superconductor for projects like HL-LHC and FCC studies, it is needed to refine the understanding of the coil winding process and its impact on the overall mechanical behavior of the conductor. For this purpose, a new cable winding setup has been developed in order to compare the windability of different Nb3Sn Rutherford cables. In addition, various geometrical cable inspection methods were tested and compared. First experimental results obtained with the new set-up for winding tests are summarized. T2 - 2016 Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC’16) CY - Denver, Colorado, USA DA - 04.09.2016 KW - Coil winding KW - Rutherford cable KW - X-ray absorption tomography PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2017.2656179 SN - 1051-8223 SN - 1558-2515 VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - IEEE AN - OPUS4-39357 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheuerlein, C. A1 - Uhlemann, Patrick A1 - Finn, Monika A1 - Lackner, F. A1 - Savary, F. T1 - Mechanical properties of the HL-LHC 11 T Nb3Sn magnet constituent materials JF - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY N2 - A test campaign was launched to determine the mechanical properties of the High Luminosity-Large HadronCollider (HL-LHC) 11 T Nb3Sn magnet components. The results can be used to accurately represent the mechanical properties in finite elementmodels that predict the stress and strain distribution in these magnets. Particular attention is paid to anisotropic mechanical behavior of the different magnet materials. Static and dynamic test methods have been applied for determining elastic materials’ behavior, and highly accurate Young’s moduli are obtained with the nondestructive dynamic methods resonance and impulse excitation at ambient temperature and during in situ heat cycles. KW - Superconducting magnets KW - Young’s modulus KW - Resonance testing KW - Stress-strain behavior PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2016.2638046 SN - 1051-8223 SN - 1558-2515 VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - IEEE AN - OPUS4-39219 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -