Simulation of electromagnetic and thermal processes in Rutherford superconducting cables during the initiation of a quench

Thermal stability for superconducting fast-cycling dipoles will play a vital role. The coupled numerical simulation of electromagnetic and thermal processes in Rutherford superconducting cables during the initiation of a quench was carried out. The network model has been combined with thermal analysis, which allows one to model quench dynamics, including the effects of current redistribution in strands, discontinuities and inhomogeneity, the initial heating in strand, and as results occasional quench recovery or runaway quench propagations.