Effects of bending on cracking and critical current of Nb3Sn ITER wires

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART III, 2005, Pages 3470-3473

  Senkowicz, B J ^a   Takayasu, M ^b   Lee, P J ^a   Minervini, J V ^b   Larbalestier, D C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending; Critical current; ITER; Microstructure; Nb3Sn; Superconductor

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; WIRE;

CRITICAL CURRENT; ITER; NB3SN; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

BENDING (DEFORMATION);

EID: 22044441161     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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