Evaluation of the current sharing temperature of the ITER toroidal field model coil

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages 1447-1451

  Heller, R ^a   Ciazynski, D ^b   Duchateau, J L ^b   Marchese, V ^a   Savoldi Richard, L ^c   Zanino, R ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Current sharing; Fusion magnets; Superconductors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; HELIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

CURRENT SHARING;

ELECTRIC COILS;

EID: 0041464551     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.812736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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