Critical current vs. Strain measurements of long length Nb3Sn wires up to 1000 a and 17 T using a modified walters spring

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 III, 2003, Pages 3544-3547

  Uglietti, D ^a   Seeber, B ^a   Abacherli V ^a   Thoner M ^b   Flukiger R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Vacuumschmelze GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical current; Nb3Sn; Strain

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

UNIAXIAL STRAIN;

SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE;

EID: 0041974601     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.812394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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