Mechanical design of the 2D cross-section of the SSC collider dipole magnet

Abstract

The authors describe the mechanical design of the two-dimensional cross section of the baseline collider dipole magnet for the Superconducting Super Collider. The components described are the collar and yoke laminations and the cold mass shell. The 50-mm-aperture collider dipole magnet uses stainless-steel collars to position the conductors at the locations specified by the magnetic design and to prestress the coil to prevent conductor motion under excitation. The collars are supported by the vertically split yoke and cold mass skin to reduce their deflection under excitation. The collar interior is designed to give the coil its required shape at the operating temperature, taking into account all deflections caused by assembly and cooldown.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>