INTEGRATED DESIGN OF SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR MAGNETS - A CASE-STUDY OF THE MAIN QUADRUPOLE

This paper describes the software tool which has been developed for th e design of the superconducting magnets for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Applied methods include numerical field calculation wit h a reduced vector-potential formulation, the application of vector-op timization methods, and the use of genetic as well as deterministic mi nimization algorithms. Together with the applied concept of features, the software tool is used as an approach towards integrated design of superconducting magnets. The main quadrupole magnet for the LHC, which was designed at CEA Saclay (France) using a different approach, was c hosen as an example for the integrated design process. The paper focus es on the design issues and is not a project report on the main quadru poles under construction.