Summary, assessment and implications of the ITER model coil test results

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 66-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 971-993

  Mitchell, N ^a  

^a ITER International Team   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETISM; NIOBIUM; STRAIN; TIN;

MULTI STRAND CABLES;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0141829895     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00237-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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