A general model for thermal, hydraulic and electric analysis of superconducting cables

Cryogenics

Volumn 40, Issue 8-10, 2000, Pages 617-626

  Bottura, L ^a   Rosso, C ^b   Breschi, M ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b CryoSoft   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Current sharing (C); Electromagnetic phenomena (C); Quench (C); Stability (C); Superconducting cables (A)

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUENCHING; TRANSIENTS;

CURRENT SHARING;

SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES;

EID: 0034457035     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0011-2275(01)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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