Preparation of the ITER Poloidal Field Conductor Insert (PFCI) test

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 1346-1350

  Zanino, R ^a   Egorov, S ^b   Kim, K ^c   Martovetsky, N ^d   Nunoya, Y ^e   Okuno, K ^e   Salpietro, E ^f   Sborchia, C ^g   Takahashi, Y ^h   Weng, P ⁱ   Bagnasco, M ^a   Richard, L Savoldi ^a   Polak, M ^c   Formisano, A ^j   Zapretilina, E ^b   Shikov, A ^k   Vedernikov, G ^k   Ciazynski, D ^l   Zani, L ^l   Muzzi, L ^m   Ricci, M ^m   Della Corte, A ^m   Sugimoto, M ^e   Hamada, K ^e   Portone, A ^f   Hurd, F ^g   Mitchell, N ^h   Nijhuis, A ⁿ   Ilyin, Yu ⁿ   more..

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b EFREMOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c KBSI ^*  (Slovakia)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^h ITER IT   (Japan)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^k Bochvar All Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)   (Russian Federation)

^l DIF   (France)

^m ENEA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

ITER; NbTi; Nuclear fusion; Superconductors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); HEATING; HYDRAULICS; IMAGE SENSORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRESSURE GAGES; QUENCHING; STAINLESS STEEL; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

AC LOSS MEASUREMENT; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR (ITER); NUCLEAR FUSION; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 22044438583     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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