Progress toward 500 kg HTS bearings

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages 2173-2178

  Werfel, F N ^a   Floegel Delor, U ^a   Riedel, T ^a   Rothfeld, R ^a   Wippich, D ^a   Goebel, B ^a   Kummeth, P ^b   Neumueller, H W ^b   Nick, W ^b  

^a Adelwitz Technologiezentrum GmbH   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damping; HTS bearing; Load capacity; Permanent magnet; Stiffness; Test set; YBCO magnet stator

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ROTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

SUPERCONDUCTING STATORS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0042466220     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.813027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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