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most citedA Trapped Field of 17.6 T in Melt-Processed, Bulk Gd-Ba-Cu-O Reinforced with Shrink-Fit Steel

559 citations · 854 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cond-mat.supr-con2025★ 2 cited

Observation of Uniform Supercurrent Flow in Polycrystalline K-doped Ba122 by Combined Magneto-optical Imaging and Finite-element Modeling

Shota Ishiwata, Sunseng Pyon, Tsuyoshi Tamegai +2

Macroscopic current uniformity in a (Ba,K)Fe2As2 bulk sample produced by a process that demonstrated high trapped magnetic fields was evaluated through a comparative experimental a…

physics.acc-ph2021★ 18 cited

Fully-staggered-array bulk Re-Ba-Cu-O short-period undulator: large-scale 3D electromagnetic modelling and design optimization using A-V and H-formulation methods

Kai Zhang, Mark Ainslie, Marco Calvi +2

The development of a new hard x-ray beamline I-TOMCAT equipped with a 1-meter-long short-period bulk high-temperature superconductor undulator (BHTSU) has been scheduled for the up…

physics.app-ph2021★ 26 cited

Modeling the charging process of a coil by an HTS dynamo-type flux pump

Asef Ghabeli, Mark Ainslie, Enric Pardo +2

The high- superconducting (HTS) dynamo exploits the nonlinear resistivity of an HTS tape to generate a DC voltage when subjected to a varying magnetic field. This leads to the…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 22 cited

Fast and efficient critical state modelling of field-cooled bulk high-temperature superconductors using a backward computation method

Kai Zhang, Mark Ainslie, Marco Calvi +3

A backward computation method has been developed to accelerate modelling of the critical state magnetization current in a staggered-array bulk high-temperature superconducting (HTS…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 74 cited

A new benchmark problem for electromagnetic modelling of superconductors: the high-Tc superconducting dynamo

Mark Ainslie, Francesco Grilli, Loic Queval +7

The high-Tc superconducting (HTS) dynamo is a promising device that can inject large DC supercurrents into a closed superconducting circuit. This is particularly attractive to ener…

physics.app-ph2019★ 42 cited

Composite stacks for reliable > 17 T trapped fields in bulk superconductor magnets

Kai Yuan Huang, Yunhua Shi, Jan Srpčič +10

Trapped fields of over 20 T are, in principle, achievable in bulk, single-grain high temperature cuprate superconductors. The principle barriers to realizing such performance are,…

physics.app-ph2019★ 2 cited

Electromagnetic design of a superconducting electric machine with bulk HTS material

Roman Bause, Mark D. Ainslie, Matthias Corduan +3

The use of high-temperature superconductors in electric machines offers potentially large gains in performance compared to conventional conductors, but also comes with unique chall…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 25 cited

Demagnetization of cubic Gd-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductor by cross-fields: measurements and 3D modelling

M. Kapolka, J. Srpcic, D. Zhou +3

Superconducting bulks, acting as high-field permanent magnets, are promising for many applications. An important effect in bulk permanent magnets is crossed-field demagnetization,…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 52 cited

A portable magnetic field of > 3 T generated by the flux jump assisted, pulsed field magnetisation of bulk superconductors

Difan Zhou, Mark D. Ainslie, Yunhua Shi +5

A trapped magnetic field of greater than 3 T has been achieved in a single grain GdBa2Cu3O7-δ (GdBaCuO) bulk superconductor of diameter 30 mm by employing pulsed field magnetisatio…

cond-mat.supr-con2015★ 14 cited

DC Characterization of a Circular, Epoxy-Impregnated High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Coil

Di Hu, Mark D. Ainslie, Jordan P. Rush +2

Direct current (DC) characterization of high temperature superconducting (HTS) coils is important for HTS applications, such as electric machines, superconducting magnetic energy s…

cond-mat.supr-con2014★ 559 cited

A Trapped Field of 17.6 T in Melt-Processed, Bulk Gd-Ba-Cu-O Reinforced with Shrink-Fit Steel

John H. Durrell, Anthony R. Dennis, Jan Jaroszynski +8

The ability of large grain, REBaCuO [(RE)BCO; RE = rare earth] bulk superconductors to trap magnetic field is determined by their critical current. With high tr…

physics.ins-det2013★ 14 cited

Design and market considerations for axial flux superconducting electric machine design

Mark D. Ainslie, Ashley George, Robert Shaw +4

In this paper, the authors investigate a number of design and market considerations for an axial flux superconducting electric machine design that uses high temperature superconduc…

cond-mat.supr-con2013★ 4 cited

Analysis of fields in an air-cored superconducting synchronous motor with an HTS racetrack field winding

Di Hu, Jin Zou, Tim J. Flack +3

High temperature superconducting (HTS) synchronous motors can offer significant weight and size reductions, as well as improved efficiency, over conventional copper-wound machines…

cond-mat.supr-con2013

Design and Performance Analysis of a 2.5 MW-Class HTS Synchronous Motor for Ship Propulsion

Jin Zou, Di Hu, Tim J. Flack +3

The development of cryogenic technology and high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials has seen continued interest worldwide in the development of HTS machines since the late…