Eddy Current Decay and Resistivity Measurements on Longitudinally Grooved High-Purity Aluminum Bars

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 320-328

  Gillenwater, M W ^a   Hartwig, K T ^b   Hua, C Y ^c  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c Center for Superconductivity   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Conductor; Cryoconductor; Eddy current decay; Energy storage; Resistance ratio; Resistivity; Superconductor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; MACHINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

CRYOCONDUCTORS; EDDY CURRENT DECAY (ECD) METHOD; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE (SMES);

BARS (METAL);

EID: 0032117273     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12009j     Document Type: Article

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