Francis Ridgeon
Postgraduate Student
Department of Physics
Durham University
United Kingdom
Biography
I joined the Superconductivity group in 2014. My works aim is to characterise and evaluate self-field corrections for critical current measurements with a focus on 'ITER' materials and sample holders. A finite element analysis model was built using Comsol Multiphysics.The superconducting properties were implemented using H-formulation. From the differences in field distribution due to geometry, and applied magnetic fields self-field correction term were derived.
Research Interest
Conductor architecture
Publications
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Ridgeon, F. J., Raine, M. J., Halliday, D. P., Lakrimi, M., Thomas, A. & Hampshire, D. P. (2017). Superconducting Properties of Titanium alloys (Ti-64 and Ti-6242) for critical current barrels. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 27(4): 4201205.
