Tests and analysis of quench propagation in the ITER toroidal field conductor insert

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages 1412-1415

  Richard, Laura Savoldi ^a   Portone, Alfredo ^b   Zanino, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational thermal hydraulics; Fusion reactors; ITER; Quench; Superconducting magnets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COOLING; FUSION REACTORS; NIOBIUM; SOLENOIDS; TITANIUM;

QUENCH PROPAGATION;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0042975336     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.812683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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