The Simulation on Thermal-Electromagnetism of High-Tc Superconducting Bulks Under Stochastic Excitations

High temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev utilizes the magnetic flux pinning characteristics of vehicle's high temperature superconducting bulk to achieve the stable suspension. During the operation, ac losses will occur inside the HTS bulks due to the irregularity of the permanent magnetic guideway (PMG), causing the change of the temperature, which directly affects the stability of the suspension system. In this article, the magnetic-thermal-guideway coupled model of two-dimensional HTS bulks YBCO, liquid nitrogen (LN) and PMG is established by using COMSOL Multiphysics. The test track irregularity spectrum of high-speed railway is introduced and added to the PMG to simulate the magnetic field fluctuation caused by its arrangement irregularity. The characteristics of the HTS bulks’ power loss, the average current density distribution over the cross section and the temperature rise of the bulk, LN, and suspension gap (SG) are studied respectively under four conditions of excitations: lateral coupled with vertical excitations, lateral excitations, vertical excitations, and nonexcitations. Meanwhile, by comparing and analyzing with the model without considering the temperature, the influence of the temperature on the current density is studied. These results provide certain references for the safe and stable operation of HTS suspension system.