Support method and structure for epoxy impregnated saddle-shaped superconducting windings
First Claim
1. The method of restricting relative sliding motion at the interfaces between a superconducting winding and a supporting structure for said winding by means of the internal shear strain developed within an interface material having a low shear modulus of elasticity so as to accommodate large shear displacements with low shear stresses;
- said method comprising lining the interfaces between said superconducting winding and said supporting structure with interface material such as leather having a low shear modulus of elasticity below about 60,000 psi and subjecting the lined interface surfaces to large compressional pressure forces so that frictional forces between the interface material and the interfacing superconducting winding and supporting structure surfaces, even at low coefficients of friction, are considerably higher than the internal shear forces of the interface.
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Abstract
A method and structure for restricting relative sliding motion at the interfaces between a superconducting winding and a supporting structure for the winding. An interface lining material having a low shear modulus of elasticity so as to accommodate large shear displacements with low shear stresses is used as opposed to the use of sliding frictional contact between the contacting surfaces of the electrical winding and the supporting structure. The invention is completed by subjecting the lined interfaced surfaces to large compressional pressure forces so that frictional forces between the interface material and the opposing superconducting winding and supporting structure surfaces, even at low coefficients of friction, are considerably higher than the internal shear forces of the interfacing lining material. The superconducting winding is comprised of a plurality of conductors of superconducting material bunched together in close thermal contact with each other and secured in a solid winding bundle by epoxy resin. The interface lining material preferably is wrapped completely around and surrounds the superconducting winding.
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1. The method of restricting relative sliding motion at the interfaces between a superconducting winding and a supporting structure for said winding by means of the internal shear strain developed within an interface material having a low shear modulus of elasticity so as to accommodate large shear displacements with low shear stresses;
- said method comprising lining the interfaces between said superconducting winding and said supporting structure with interface material such as leather having a low shear modulus of elasticity below about 60,000 psi and subjecting the lined interface surfaces to large compressional pressure forces so that frictional forces between the interface material and the interfacing superconducting winding and supporting structure surfaces, even at low coefficients of friction, are considerably higher than the internal shear forces of the interface.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- 7. The method according to claim 7 wherein the superconducting winding is comprised of a plurality of conductors of superconducting material bunched together in close thermal contact with one another.
- 10. A new and improved superconducting winding and a support structure therefor together with means for restricting relative sliding motion at the interfaces between said superconducting winding and said support structure to thereby limit friction-generated heat by said winding during operation, said means comprising an interface lining material of leather having a low shear modulus of elasticity disposed between the interfacing surfaces of said superconducting winding and said support structure, and means for subjecting said lined interface surfaces to large compressional pressure forces so that frictional forces between the interface lining material and the interfacing superconducting winding and support structure surfaces, even at low coefficients of friction, are considerably higher than the internal shear forces of the interface lining material.
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