A model for calculating magnetic forces between monolithic YBa2Cu3O7-δ superconductors.

One of the fundamental barriers to the use of electromagnetic launchers is the high power required to reach launch speed in a reasonable distance. It has been proposed that large external power supplies can be avoided by using superconducting persistent currents in the barrel of the launcher to stor...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on applied superconductivity 12, 2 (2002).
Main Author:	Putman, P.T
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	YBaCuO. Attractive force. Current distribution. Differential equation. Electromagnetic launchers. Finite sum method. Flux flow resistance. Four-step vector Runge-Kutta method. High-temperature superconductors. Integral equation. Launcher barrel. Local current density. Magnetic forces. Melt-textured superconductors. Monolithic superconductors. Persistent current magnets. Superconducting persistent currents. Superconducting projectiles. Time dependence. Trapped field.