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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-MOPME002
Title Simulation of the Thermal Deformation and the Cooling of a Four-rod Radio Frequency Quadrupole
Authors
  • B. Masschaele, H. De Gersempresenter, T. Roggen
    KU Leuven, Kortrijk, Belgium
  • H. Podlech
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • D. Vandeplassche
    SCK•CEN, Mol, Belgium
Abstract A four-rod radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) contains four modulated rods kept in place by a number of stems and fixed within a resonating cavity. The position and the modulation of the rods determines the focusing and accelerating properties of the RFQ. The resonating field induces currents, and by that Joule losses, in the stems, rods and tuning plates. The temperature increase causes a mechanical deformation which may lead to a deteriorated performance of the RFQ. The temperature increase is kept small by cooling the rods and stems. A new layout of cooling channels has been proposed. The paper reports about coupled electromagnetic, fluid-dynamic, thermal and structural dynamic field simulations carried out for predicting the mechanical deformation of the stems and the rods. The results for the four-rod RFQ planned for the MYRRHA proton accelerator indicate a change of 47 μm of the distance between the rods when cooling water with a velocity of 3 m/s is applied.
Funding This work is supported by the European Atomic Energy Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement nr. 269565 (MAX project).
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Conference IPAC2014, Dresden, Germany
Series International Particle Accelerator Conference (5th)
Proceedings Link to full IPAC2014 Proccedings
Session Poster Session, Messi Area
Date 16-Jun-14   16:00–18:00
Main Classification 05 Beam Dynamics and Electromagnetic Fields
Sub Classification D06 Code Developments and Simulation Techniques
Keywords rfq, simulation, radio-frequency, quadrupole, radio-frequency-quadrupole
Publisher JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Gianluigi Arduini (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Peter Michel (HZDR, Dresden, Germany); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-132-8
Published July 2014
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