Evolution of contact resistance and coupling loss in prototype ITER PF NbTi conductors under transverse cyclic load

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages 2388-2391

  Nijhuis, A ^a   Ilyin, Yu ^a   Abbas, W ^a   Ten Kate, H H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; ELECTRIC CONDUITS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE;

SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES;

EID: 0041972562     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.813087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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