Mechanical Disturbances in Superconducting Magnets—A Review

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 113-120

  Iwasa, Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ELECTRIC COILS; SOLENOIDS--MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

FLOATING COIL TECHNIQUE; SOLENOIDAL MAGNETS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 0026743785     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.119824     Document Type: Article

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