Effects of material processing in high temperature superconducting magnetic bearings

A study of the levitation forces related to superconducting bearing design was conducted on free-sintered and melt-textured Y1Ba2Cu3O7−δ(YBCO) materials. Comparisons were made between free sintered, variously oriented, and randomly oriented melt-textured materials. Magnetic force measurements were a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 1991-11, Vol.59 (19), p.2442-2444
Hauptverfasser: MCMICHAEL, C. K, MA, K. B, LIN, M. W, LAMB, M. A, MENG, R. L, XUE, Y. Y, HOR, P. H, CHU, W. K
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Zusammenfassung:A study of the levitation forces related to superconducting bearing design was conducted on free-sintered and melt-textured Y1Ba2Cu3O7−δ(YBCO) materials. Comparisons were made between free sintered, variously oriented, and randomly oriented melt-textured materials. Magnetic force measurements were also conducted on oriented YBCO before and after neutron irradiation. A magnetic bearing of new design utilizing the phenomenon of flux pinning was then fabricated using melt-textured YBCO with permanent magnets and a speed of 135 000 rpm was achieved. Rotational dissipation and magnetic stiffness measurements were performed on the bearing prototype.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.105989