Superconducting bearings in flywheels

Materials Science and Engineering B

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 225-228

  Coombs, T A ^a   Campbell, A M ^a   Ganney, I ^a   Lo, W ^a   Twardowski, T ^b   Dawson, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b International Energy Systems   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk YBCO; Large scale applications; Levitation; Magnetic bearings

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; FLYWHEELS; MAGNETIC BEARINGS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

MIXED OXIDES; SUPERCONDUCTING BEARINGS;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

CONDUCTIVITY; FLYWHEEL; MAGNETIC BEARING;

EID: 0032075853     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5107(97)00332-2     Document Type: Article

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