Some Basic Concepts for Magnet Coil Design

Abstract

In the United States and abroad there is intensive activity in thermonuclear research. A major part of this effort is directed toward containment, in strong magnetic fields, of plasma of the necessary high particle energies, corresponding to temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees Kelvin. Magnetic field design in thermonuclear research has already been developed to a relatively broad field of electrical engineering. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some theorems which are of special interest for the design of large d-c magnet coils as used, for instance, in the DCX (Direct Current Experiment) thermonuclear research program of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 16, 1959
Accession Number
ADA373933

Entities

People

  • W. F. Gauster

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Coils
  • Current Density
  • Direct Current
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Magnet Coils
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnets
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Optimization
  • Square Roots
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.