Scaling laws for modeling large superconducting solenoids

The neutrino factory cooling system will consist of a long series of superc onducting solenoids with a warm bore of 1.2 meters. In order to minimize th e cost of the 200 to 300-meter long solenoid muon-coeling channel, the sole noids must be fabricated so that their mass is minimized. This report discu sses how one can model the stress, strain and quench behavior of these larg e solenoid sections by building one-third to one-half scale models of the m agnets, The cost of building and engineering tire scale model magnets is a small fraction of the cost of fabricating a full-scale magnet section. This report discuses the limitations of the scaling approach as well as the typ es of superconducting solenoids for which the modeling technique is suitabl e.