Measured strain in Nb3Sn coils during excitation and quench

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 1461-1464

  Caspi, S ^a   Bartlett, S E ^a   Dietderich, D R ^a   Ferracin, P ^a   Gourlay, S A ^a   Hannaford, C R ^a   Hafalia, A R ^a   Lietzke, A F ^a   Mattafirri, S ^a   Nyman, M ^a   Sabbi, G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quench; Strain gauge; Superconducting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; QUENCHING; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

COIL STRESS; MECHANICAL TIME RESPONSE; RACETRACK COILS;

ELECTRIC COILS;

EID: 22044445284     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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