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Using a neural network model to guide protection heater design in Nb<sub>3</sub>Sn accelerator magnets

Shahriar Bakrani Balani, Tiina Salmi

Superconductor Science and Technology · 2025

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Summary

This paper presents a machine learning surrogate model for predicting quench protection heater delay in high-field Nb₃Sn accelerator magnets, addressing computational challenges inherent in traditional numerical simulations. The neural network model, trained on a dataset spanning relevant heater designs and cable parameters, achieves near-perfect accuracy (R² = 0.9996) whilst reducing computation time to under 1 second, offering a practical tool for magnet designers without requiring investment in complex numerical modelling infrastructure.

UK applicability

This work is not applicable to UK farming systems, soil health, nutrient density, or food production. The research concerns superconducting magnet engineering for particle accelerators and is tangential to the Pulse Brain catalogue's scope.

Key measures

Heater delay (milliseconds); mean absolute error; R-squared coefficient; neural network simulation time; comparison against 1D numerical simulations

Outcomes reported

The study developed and validated a machine learning-based surrogate model using a dataset of heater delay simulations for Nb₃Sn accelerator magnets. The neural network model predicts heater delay with high accuracy (mean absolute error 0.063 ms, R² = 0.9996) using only 7 input parameters, with computation time under 1 second.

Theme
General food systems / other
Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Study type
Research
Study design
Laboratory / modelling study
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
System type
Other
DOI
10.1088/1361-6668/addaed
Catalogue ID
SNmotmpuri-7oycgv

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