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Helium-cooled superconducting magnets depend on computer simulation to accurately analyze their various fluid systems. Because of restrictive simplifying assumptions, traditional closed-form analytical solutions generally have limited validity. Experimental methods are additional design process techniques used in analyzing complex systems. Experimental testing has several disadvantages such as economics, time, and difficulty in achieving exact operating conditions. Computational or numerical methods in the form of computer algorithms provide an extremely advantageous means of analytical solutions. These tools offer the advantages of economics, speed, flexibility, and accuracy. Two such tools for analyzing cryogenic fluid systems of superconducting magnets were developed by the thermodynamics group of General Dynamics Convair Division.
Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. 9590309 through Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Johnson, K.R. (1984). Analytical Tools for LHe Distribution System Design. In: Fast, R.W. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 29. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9865-3_47
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