Applications Course - Magnet Design
This two-day course for magnet system design introduces the specialist features of Opera-2d and Opera-3d. The course covers all aspects of magnet design and modeling including superconducting and permanent magnet systems. Course instructors with many years of world class magnet design experience present a series of lectures giving electrical engineers and physicists the benefit of their experience in the use of finite element analysis methods.
The course covers a wide range of magnet technologies:
- MRI
- Accelerator lattice magnets
- Separators
- Passive & active shields
- Kicker magnets
- Cyclotrons
- RF cavities
- Target magnets
- Spectrometers
Aspects of pre-processing are covered to help Opera users construct efficient finite element models. These include:
- Coil modeling, including super-conducting coils
- Ferromagnetic and conducting materials
- Permanent magnets
- Use of boundary conditions for efficient modeling
- Meshing
Successful post-processing and acquisition of accurate results is paramount in this technology and the course focuses specifically on obtaining:
- Field distribution and harmonics
- Inductance and stored energy
- Forces on coils and structures
- Stresses in materials and conductors
The course also explains other important topics including:
- Eddy current analysis
- Power dissipation and thermal analysis
- Shielding configurations
- Superconducting systems