Compressive pre-strain in Nb3Sn strand by steel tube and effect on the critical current measured on standard ITER barrel

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART III, 2005, Pages 3466-3469

  Nijhuis, A ^a   Wessel, W A J ^a   Knoopers, H G ^a   Ilyin, Yu ^a   Della Corte, A ^b   Ten Kate, H H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bending; CICC; Force; Nb3 Sn; Strain; Superconductor

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN RATE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CICC; FORCE; NB3SN; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 22044453532     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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