Effect of cyclic loading and conductor layout on contact resistance of full-size ITER PFCI conductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 1359-1362

  Ilyin, Yu A ^a   Nijhuis, A ^a   Abbas, W ^a   Bruzzone, P ^b   Stepanov, B ^b   Muzzi, L ^c   Gislon, P ^c   Zani, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

AC loss; Cable in conduit conductor; Contact resistance; ITER; PF conductor insert

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CYCLIC LOADS; FREQUENCIES; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIZATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AC LOSS; CABLE-IN-CONDUIT CONDUCTOR; CONTACT RESISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR (ITER); PF CONDUCTOR INSERT;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 22044442429     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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