ICMC-2013, the International Cryogenics Materials Conference

17 Jun 2013, 18:00 → 21 Jun 2013, 12:30 America/Anchorage

Herman ten Kate (E-Publication) (CERN), Robert Walsh (Program Chair) (Florida State University), Wilfried Goldacker (Conference Chair) (KIT)

This site presents the Scientific Program and Timetable of the ICMC section of the CEC/ICMC-2013 conference. 
 

The timetable provides PDF copies of the Oral and Poster presentations (when submitted), essentially all materials related and ICMC labeled contributions to the conference.

notes ICMC-E-publication-Notification.pdf

Monday 17 June

19:30 → 21:00 Welcome Reception

Tuesday 18 June

09:00 → 09:30 Coffee

09:00 → 10:30 Conductors, Structures and Properties I: 1MPoB6 posters

Conveners: Anna Kario (KIT), David Robert McGuire (NHMFL)

09:00 Cryogenic Properties of Alumina Strengthened Copper for High Field Magnets

Speaker: V.J. Toplosky, et al (NHMFL)

Slides 1MPoB6-03.pdf

09:00 Review of specimen heating in mechanical tests at cryogenic temperatures {nc}

Speaker: T. Ogata (NIMS)

Slides 1MPoB6-01-Ogata.pdf

09:00 Strain and magnetic field responses of critical current in externally reinforced GdBCO coated conductor tapes at 77 K

Speaker: H. Shin, et al. (Andong National University)

Slides IMPoB6-08-Shin.pdf

09:00 → 10:30 Conductors, Structures and Properties II: 1MPoB7 posters

Conveners: Vince Toplosky (NHMFL), William S. Marshall (FSU)

09:00 Analyses of heterogeneous deformation and subsurface fatigue crack generation in alpha titanium alloy at low temperature

Speaker: O. Umezawa, et al. (Yokohama National University)

Slides 1MPoB7-09-Umezawa.pdf

09:00 Effect of microstructure on high-cycle fatigue properties of Ti-6Al-4V alloy forging at cryogenic temperature

Speaker: T. YURI, et al. (National Institute for Materials Science)

Slides 1MPoB7-03-YURI.pdf

09:00 Fatigue and Fracture Properties of a Super-Austenitic Stainless Steel at 295 K and 4 K

Speaker: D.M. McRae, et al. (NHMFL/FSU)

Slides 1MPb07--02_McRae.pdf

09:00 Fundamental Study of Irradiation Effect on Organic Insulation Material for Superconducting Fusion Magnet

Speaker: Y. Nakata, et al. (Osaka University)

Slides 1MPoB7-06-Hayashami.pdf

09:00 → 10:30 Conductors, Structures and Properties III: 1MPoB8 posters

Conveners: Hong-yu Bai (NHMFL), Ted Hartwig (Texas A&M)

09:00 Enhancement in thermoelectric power factor of Bi85Sb15-xPbx alloys at low-temperatures

Speaker: C. Song (Zunyi Normal College)

Slides 1MPoB8-07(songchunmei)1.pdf

09:00 Physical properties of Al2O3/ZrO2 at low temperature

Speaker: Y. Han, et al. (Techincal Institute of Physics and Chemistry)

Slides 1MPoB8-04.pdf

10:30 → 12:00 Insulating Materials at Cryogenic Temperature: 1MOrC1 orals

Conveners: Charles Swenson (LBL), Klaus-Peter Weiss (KIT)

11:00 Epoxy Impregnation as Mechanical Stabilization of Roebel-Assembled-Coated-Conductor Cables

Speaker: C. Barth, et al. (KIT)

Slides 1MOrC1-03-Barth.pdf

11:15 Fabrication and Observations of an ITER CS Module Cross-Section

Speaker: D. Reed, et al. (Cryogenic Materials, Inc.)

Slides 1MOrC1-04-Reed.pdf

11:30 Large-scale shear tests of 3x1 arrays of insulated conduit for the ITER Central Solenoid

Speaker: R.P. Walsh, et al. (NHMFL/FSU)

Slides 1MOrC1-05_Walsh_3x1_Shear.pdf

11:45 Evaluation of Interlaminar Shear Strength of GFRP Composed of Bonded Glass/Polyimide Tapes and Cyanate-Ester/Epoxy Blended Resins for ITER TF Coils

Speaker: T. Hemmi, et al. (JAEA)

Slides 1MOrC1-06.pdf

10:30 → 12:15 Pnictides and Bulk REBCO: 1MOrC2 orals

Convener: Eric Hellstrom (NHMFL)

10:30 Critical current anisotropy in clean superconducting pnictide thin films

Speaker: J. Haenisch, et al. (IFW Dresden)

Slides 1MOrC2-01-Hänisch.pdf

10:45 Pathways to improved grain connectivity and high transport critical current density in untextured K-doped ferropnictide BaFe2As2 bulks and wires

Speaker: J.D. Weiss, et al. (Florida State University)

Slides 1MOrC2-02-Hellstrom.pdf

11:00 Isotropic high critical current density in FeSeTe thin film on non oxide substrate.

Speaker: C. Ferdeghini, et al. (CNR-SPIN)

Slides 1MOrC2-03-Ferdeghini.pdf

11:30 Remarkable influence of heat treatment in structural, electrical and magnetic properties in (Y1-xNdx)SrBaCu3O6+z

Speaker: A. Nafidi, et al. (Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, University Ibn Zohr)

Slides 1MOrC2-05-Nafidi.pdf

11:45 Manifestation of an acceptor resonant state in transport and bands structure in a far-infrared detector HgTe/CdTe superlattice

Speaker: A. Nafidi, et al. (Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, University Ibn Zohr)

Slides 1MOrC2-06-Nafidi.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:15 Superconductor Stability and AC Loss: 1MOrD2 orals

Conveners: Arend Nijhuis (University of Twente), Wilfried Goldacker (KIT)

13:30 [Invited] Analysis of temperature and current margin of four ITER Central Solenoid conductor designs during a 15 MA plasma scenario with comparison to DC qualification tests

Speaker: A. Nijhuis, et al. (University of Twente)

Slides 1MOrD2-01-Nijhuis.pdf

14:00 3-D Homogeneization: a new technique for fast calculation of AC losses in non-circular HTS pancake coils

Speaker: V. Zermeno, et al. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Slides 1MOrD2-02-Zermeno.pdf

14:30 AC losses in CORC cables measured at 77 K in liquid nitrogen bath

Speaker: M. Majoros, et al. (The Ohio State University)

Slides IMOrD2-04-Majoros.pdf

14:45 Magnetic Shielding Measurements on 2G HTS Rings

Speaker: J. Kvitkovic, et al. (Florida State University)

Slides 1MOrD2-05-_Pamidi.pdf

15:00 Minimum Quench Energy of High Temperature Superconducting Composites and Magnets

Speaker: Y. Yang (University of Southampton)

Slides 1MOrD2-06-Yang.pdf

13:30 → 15:30 Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials: 1MOrD1 orals

Conveners: Robert Walsh (NHMFL), Toshio Ogata (NIMS)

13:30 [Invited] Estimation of uncertainty for Fatigue crack growth rate at cryogenic temperatures

Speaker: A. Nyilas (CEME, Cryo. Eng. & Mat. Exp.)

Slides 1MOrD1-01-Nyilas.pdf

14:15 Welded tie plate feasibility study for ITER Central Solenoid structure

Speaker: R.P. Walsh, et al. (NHMFL/FSU)

Slides 1MOrD1-03_Walsh_Weld_Screening.pdf

14:30 Effect of stress ratio on high-cycle fatigue properties of Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloy forging at low temperature

Speaker: Y. Ono, et al. (National Institute for Materials Science)

Slides 1MOrD1-04-Ono.pdf

14:45 Stress-induced martensitic transformation during tensile test of full-size TF conductor jacket tube at 4.2 K

Speaker: H.H. Yang, et al. (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Slides 1MOrD1-05-Yang.pdf

15:00 Cryogenic Mechanical Properties of Fusion-Welded Nitronic 50 Austenitic Stainless Steel

Speaker: E.N. Dalder, et al. (Dalder Materials Consulting, inc.)

Slides 1MOrD1-06-N50Weld.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

18:30 → 20:00 Exhibitors Reception

Wednesday 19 June

08:00 → 09:00 ICMC Awards and Plenary

Conveners: David A. Cardwell (University of Cambridge), Herbert Freyhardt (ZFW GmBH)

08:00 ICMC Awards

Slides Weber_Slide.pdf

08:15 Selection and Properties of Structural Materials for Cryogenic Applications

Speaker: Stefano Sgobba (CERN)

Slides 2MPLA1-Sgobba.pdf

09:00 → 09:30 Coffee

09:00 → 10:30 LTS, HTS, and Novel Superconductors - AC Loss, Stability and Properties I: 2MPoB7 posters

Conveners: Kenichi Sato (Sumitomo Electric Industries LtD), Wilfried Goldacker (KIT)

09:00 ARPES-parameterized Hubbard approach to d-wave cuprate superconductors

Speaker: L.A. Perez, et al. (UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO)

Slides 2MPoB7-09-Perez.pdf

09:00 Thermal conductivity measurements of some HTS tapes for current lead

Speaker: H. Liu, et al. (Key Laboratory of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS; Graduate Univ. of CAS)

Slides 2MPoB7-02.pdf

09:00 → 10:30 LTS, HTS, and Novel Superconductors - AC Loss, Stability and Properties II: 2MPoB8 posters

Conveners: Herbert Freyhardt (ZWF GmBH), Mike Sumption (The Ohio State University)

09:00 Nb3Sn cables behavior during heat treatment

Speaker: M. Durante, et al. (CEA Saclay)

Slides 2MPoB8-09_-_Durante.pdf

09:00 → 10:30 LTS, HTS, and Novel Superconductors - AC Loss, Stability and Properties III: 2MPoB9 posters

Conveners: David A. Cardwell (University of Cambridge), Hu-Zawn Sung

09:00 Recent Progress and Tests of Radiation Resistant Impregnation Materials for Nb3Sn Coils

Speaker: R. Bossert, et al. (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides 2MPoB9-04-Bossert.pdf

09:00 Rheological behavior and cryogenic properties of cyanate ester/epoxy insulation material for fusion superconducting magnet

Speaker: Z.X. Wu, et al. (Techn. Inst. of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Slides 2MPoB9-09-wzx-poster.pdf

09:00 Tests of by-pass diodes at cryogenic temperatures for the KATRIN magnets

Speaker: W. Gil, et al. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Slides 2MPoB9-04-Gil.pdf

10:30 → 12:00 HTS Conductors: 2MOrC2 orals

Conveners: Kenichi Sato (Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.), Takonobu Kiss (Kyushu University)

10:30 Increasing critical current density in Bi-2212 round wires by overpressure processing

Speaker: E. Hellstrom, et al. (ASC - NHMFL/FSU)

Slides 2MOrC2-01 HELLSTROM_1_of_2.pdf

10:45 The fabrication of Bi,Pb-2223 thin films from multi-layered precursor films

Speaker: A. Matsumoto, et al. (National Institute for Materials Science)

Slides 2MOrC2-02-Matsumoto.pdf

11:00 Distributed torsional strain measurement using embedded Fiber Bragg Gratings array in a 2 nd generation high temperature superconductor tapes.

Speaker: R. Ramalingam, et al. (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)

Slides 2MOrC2-03-Ramalingam.pdf

11:30 Spatial homogeneity of critical currents in long RE-123 coated conductors

Speaker: T. Kiss, et al. (Kyushu University)

Slides 2MOrC2-04-Kiss.pdf

11:45 Mechanical Properties of IBAD-MOCVD-based 2G HTS wire Fabricated on Hastelloy® Substrate

Speaker: Y. Zhang, et al. (SuperPower Inc.)

Slides 2MOrC2-05-Zhang.pdf

10:30 → 12:00 SRF Materials: 2MOrC1 orals

Conveners: Ted Hartwig (Texas A&M), Tommy Peterson (Fermilab)

10:30 New processing methods for niobium SRF resonators for maximization of quality factor for CW applications.

Speaker: A. Grassellino, et al. (Fermilab)

Slides 2MOrC1-01-Cooley.pdf

10:45 Mechanical properties of niobium tube with tube bulge test for superconducting RF cavities

Speaker: H.S. Kim, et al. (The Ohio State University)

Slides 2MrOrC1-02-Kim-Final.pdf

11:00 "Fabrication of fine-grain seamless Nb tube for SRF cavities"

Speaker: S. Balachandran, et al. (Texas A&M University)

Slides 2MOrC1-03-Balachndran.pdf

11:15 Surface morphologies and topographies of welded areas and HAZ of untreated and treated niobium electropolished samples studied by optical microscopy and profilometry for SRF applications

Speaker: M. Sumption, et al. (The Ohio State University)

Slides 2MOrC1-04-Sumption.pdf

11:30 "Single-pass" superconducting radio-frequnecy cavities

Speaker: L.D. Cooley (Fermilab)

Slides 2MOrC1-05.pdf

11:45 Improved understanding of the role of strained structure in degradation of surface superconductivity of superconducting RF (radio frequency) quality niobium

Speaker: Z. Sung, et al. (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

Slides 2MOrC1-06-Sung.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:15 LTS Conductors: 2MOrD2 orals

Convener: Xuan Peng (Hyper Tech Research Inc)

13:30 [Invited] Comparisons of the grain boundary chemistry of Ta and Ti doped high Jc Nb3Sn strand by atomic resolution microscopy

Speaker: Z. Sung, et al. (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

Slides 2MOrD2-01-Sung.pdf

14:15 Development of Tube Type Nb3Sn Conductor and its Application

Speaker: X. Peng, et al. (Hyper Tech Research Inc.)

Slides 2MOrD2-03-Peng.pdf

14:30 Correlation of A15 microstructure and transport in Nb3Sn tube type and Rod-in-Tube (RIT) strands: the influence of heat treatments, Cu/Sn ratio, and filament size

Speaker: M. Sumption (The Ohio State University)

Slides 2MOrD2-04-Xu-Sn-II.pdf

14:45 "Fabrication of Fine Grain Ta Diffusion Barrier Tube for Nb3Sn Conductors"

Speaker: K.T. Hartwig, et al. (Texas A&M University)

Slides 2MOrD2-06-Hartwig.pdf

13:30 → 15:15 Materials Evaluation and Testing Methods: 2MOrD1 orals

Conveners: Arata Nishimura (NIFS), Klaus Peter Weiss (KIT)

13:30 Irradiation imposed degradation of the mechanical and electrical properties of electrical insulation for future accelerator magnets

Speaker: J. Polinski, et al. (Wroclaw University of Technology)

Slides 2MOrD1-01-Polinski.pdf

13:45 Some test results of new test facilities installed in radiation control area for investigation on neutron irradiation effect on superconducting properties

Speaker: A. Nishimura, et al. (ITER Organization)

Slides 2MOrD1-02-Nishimura.pdf

14:00 Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Thin Film Polymers at Cryogenic Temperatures

Speaker: W. Johnson, et al. (NASA Kennedy Space Center)

Slides 2MOrD1-03_Bulge_Testing_ICMC.pdf

14:15 Characterization of Insulating Coatings for Wind-and-React Coil Fabrication

Speaker: D.W. Cheng, et al. (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides 2MOrD1-04-Cheng.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

Thursday 20 June

09:00 → 09:30 Coffee

10:30 → 12:30 High Current HTS Cables and Conductor Composites: 3MOrC2 orals

Conveners: Danko Van der Laan (NIST), Francesco Grilli (KIT)

10:30 [Invited] High-temperature superconducting Conductor on Round Core magnet cables operated at high current ramp rates in background fields of up to 19 T

Speaker: D. Van der Laan, et al. (Advanced Conductor Technologies and University of Colorado)

Slides 3MOrC2-01-van_der_Laan.pdf

11:00 Design, Fabrication and Testing of Terminations for Helium Gas Cooled Superconducting DC Cable

Speaker: D. Crook, et al. (The Florida State University)

Slides 3MOrC2-02_Sastry_Pamidi.pdf

11:15 Design of high current superconducting DC power cable using the longitudinal magnetic field configuration

Speaker: T. Matsushita, et al. (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

Slides 3MOrc2-03-_Matsushita.pdf

11:30 Design of high current density, oxide - metal composite superconductors with superior stability, stress and strain tolerance for very high field applications

Speaker: A. Otto, et al. (Solid Material Solutions)

Slides 3MOrC2-04-Otto.pdf

11:45 Critical current density in REBCO coated conductors in longitudinal magnetic field

Speaker: T. Matsushita, et al. (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

Slides 3MOrC2-05-_Matsushita.pdf

12:00 Extraction of local Jc(B,θ) dependence from measured Ic(H,θ) characteristics and its use for evaluating self-field effects in REBCO coated conductor devices

Speaker: F. Grilli, et al. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Slides 3MOrC2-06-Grilli.pdf

12:15 Effect of thermo-mechanical processing on the material properties at low temperature of a large size Al-Ni stabilized Nb-Ti/Cu superconducting cable

Speaker: S. Langeslag, et al. (CERN & University of Twente)

Slides 3MOrC2-07_-_Langeslag_-_ICMC2013.pdf

10:30 → 12:30 Polymers, Resins, and Composite Materialsat Cryogenic Temperatures: 3MOrC1 orals

Conveners: David Evans (Advanced Cryogenic Materials), Dick Reed (CMI)

10:30 The ITER Pre-Compression Rings - A First in Cryogenic Composite Technology

Speaker: H. Rajainmaki, et al. (Fusion for Energy)

Slides 3MOrC1-01-Rajainmaki.pdf

10:45 Multi-scale analysis and characterisation of the ITER PRE-COMPRESSION RINGS

Speaker: A. Foussat, et al. (ITER Organisation)

Slides 3MOrC!-02-Foussat.pdf

11:00 Low-Temperature Mechanical Properties of Glass/Epoxy Laminates

Speaker: D. Reed, et al. (Cryogenic Materials, Inc.)

Slides 3MOrC1-03-Reed.pdf

11:15 Essential Design, Construction and Test Elements of ITER Axial Insulating Breaks

Speaker: F. Rodriguez Mateos, et al. (Advanced Cryogenic Materials)

Slides 3MOrC1-04-Mateos.pdf

11:45 Mechanical behaviors of hyberbranched epoxy resin toughened bisphenol F epoxy resin for cryogenic applications

Speaker: J. Li, et al. (Key Laboratory of Cryogenics,Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Slides 3MOrC1-06-lijingwen.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 MgB2 Precursors, Bulk, Wires, Tapes, and Cables: 3MOrD1 orals

Conveners: Horoaki Kumakura (NIMS), Yanwei Ma (CAS-Beijing)

13:30 [Invited] Critical Current Density of Multifilamentary High Performance MgB2 Wires

Speaker: M. Sumption, et al. (The Ohio State University)

Slides 3MOr-D1-Sumption.pdf

14:00 Improvement of critical current properties in internal Mg diffusion processed MgB2 wires

Speaker: H. Kumakura, et al. (National Institute for Materials Science)

Slides 3MOrD1-02-Kumakura.pdf

14:15 Enhancement of Critical Currents wires of MgB2 using different sheath materials

Speaker: C. Sobrero, et al. (ANPCyT - CNEA)

Slides 3MOrD1-03.pdf

14:30 Enhanced superconducting properties of MgB2 multifilamentary wires and tapes

Speaker: Y. Ma, et al. (Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Slides 3MOrD1-04-Ma.pdf

14:45 Development of MgB2 superconductor wire and coils for practical applications at Hyper Tech Research

Speaker: D. Doll, et al. (Hyper Tech Research, Inc.)

Slides 3MOrD1-05-Doll.pdf

13:30 → 15:00 Pinning and Critical Currents in Bulk and Thin Films: 3MOrD2 orals

Conveners: Herbert Freyhardt (ZFW GmBH), Mike Susner (Ohio State University)

13:30 Nature of pinning mechanism in Al and C co-doped MgB2 superconductors

Speaker: M. Shahabuddin, et al. (King Saud University)

Slides 3MOrD2-01-Shahabuddin.pdf

13:45 Pinning centers in bulk MgB2 with enhanced grain connectivity

Speaker: T. Prikhna (Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

Slides 3MOrD2-02-Prikhna.pdf

14:00 ZrB2, TiB2, B4C and C Doping in MgB2 Thin Films

Speaker: M.A. Susner, et al. (The Ohio State University)

Slides 3MOrD2-03-Sumption.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

18:00 → 20:00 Farewell Event

Friday 21 June

09:00 → 09:30 Coffee

11:30 → 12:30 Closing Plenary

Conveners: Robert P. Walsh (NHMFL), Wilfried Goldacker (KIT)

11:30 Flux Pinning Engineering for Applications of High-Tc Superconductors

Speaker: Kaname Matsumoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Slides ICMC_2013_plenary_matsumoto.pdf