Published February 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Crack tip shielding and anti-shielding effects of parallel cracks for a superconductor slab under an electromagnetic force

  • 1. Ministry of Education, Singapore (China)
  • 2. Yonsei University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

In this letter, the shielding or anti-shielding effect is firstly applied to obtain the behavior of two parallel cracks in a two-dimensional type-II superconducting under electromagnetic force. Fracture analysis is performed by the finite element method and the magnetic behavior of superconductor is described by the critical state Bean model. The stress intensity factors at the crack tips can be obtained and discussed for decreasing field after zero-field cooling. The shielding or anti-shielding effect at the crack tips depend on the distance between two parallel cracks and the crack length. The results indicate that the shielding effects of the two parallel cracks increase when the distance between the two parallel cracks decreases. It can be also obtained that the superconductors with shorter cracks has more remarkable shielding effect than those with longer cracks

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
2
Series
21 refs, 5 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 353-357
ISSN
1738-494X

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
44015531
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURES; SHIELDING; SLABS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SUPERCONDUCTORS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; FAILURES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION