M'C

Overview

Details

• Analytical calculation of magnetic field and vector potential produced by isoparametric, 8-nodes brick elements. The brick elements are generated by automatic subdivision of higher level primitives (segments, coils, arcs) entered via a friendly command preprocessor

• Revised AC loss calculation algorithm taking into account field penetration in superconducting filaments and cable shieldingcaused by coupling currents.

• Maps of magnetic field, vector potential and AC losses on the conductors, along their length, for arbitrary scenarii of current ramps.

• Magnetic field and vector potential can be computed and plotted in arbitrary sets of points along lines, plane grids or cubes

• A number of plot options available, allowing for example to display coil system and results in the same 3-D view.

• Calculation of the loadline of the magnet on its operating plane (i.e. maximum magnetic field vs. operating current)

• Inductance matrix calculation for the system of coils up to a user's specified accuracy

• Coil and system energy calculation.

• Force maps inside the winding pack, as well as total force resultants on coils.

• Linear coil systems (no iron). Field and potential calculations are analytical, that is exact up to machine accuracy.

Examples

• the calculation of the magnetic field generated by a thick solenoid,

• inductance of a toroidal magnet for Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) and

• AC losses calculation in the superconducting poloidal field system of a fusion tokamak.

Version

Installations

• Mac OSX (native development platform)

• Linux (e.g. RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu, and other distributions)

• UNIX (e.g. AIX on RISC-6000, Solaris on Sun-Spark, DEC Alpha, HP UX, and other)

• CYGWIN (port available to run under Windows, not supported)

On-line documentation