Stability of Superconductors

• Main Author: Dresner, Lawrence (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Selected Topics in Superconductivity
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Solid state physics.; Crystallography.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electrical engineering.; Materials science.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Electrical Engineering.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

In this definitive text in the field, the author gives a detailed account of the major problem of applied superconductivitiy-the stability of superconductors. His work focuses on the application of superconductiors to the construction of magnets. Students and engineers will discover the underlying p...

Table of Contents:

• and Overview
• Material Properties
• Flux jumping
• Boiling Heat Transfer and Cryostability
• Normal Zone Propagation
• Uncooled Conductors
• Internally Cooled Superconductors
• Hydrodynamic Phenomena
• Cooling with Superfluid Helium
• Miscellaneous Problems.