Coupled mechanical-electromagnetic-thermal-hydraulic effects in Nb 3Sn cable-in-conduit conductors for ITER

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Zanino, R ^a   Ciazynski, D ^b   Mitchell, N ^c   Richard, L Savoldi ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c ITER IT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC LOADS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; EXTRAPOLATION; FUSION REACTORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL LOAD; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR (ITER); TFMC-FSJS; TOROIDAL FIELD MODEL COIL (TFMC);

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 27844514698     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/18/12/026     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (24)

1. Ciazynski D, Duchateau J L, Schild T and Fuchs A M 2000 Test results and analysis of two European full-size conductor samples for ITER IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 10 1058-61
2. Duchateau J L et al 2001 Electromagnetic evaluation of the collective behavior of 720 twisted strands for the TF model coil experiment IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 11 2026-9
3. 3Sn conductor: the 80 kA conductor of the ITER toroidal field model coil Supercond. Sci. Technol. 17 241-9
4. Godeke A et al 1998 Characterization of ITER strands in the frame of the third Benchmark tests Report UT-NET 98-5
5. Hamada K et al 2002 Hydraulic characteristics of ITER TF insert coil-electromagnetic force effect on hydraulic performance Cryog. Eng. 37 21-8 (in Japanese)
6. Heller R, Ciazynski D, Duchateau J L, Marchese V, Savoldi Richard L and Zanino R 2003 Evaluation of the current sharing temperature of the ITER toroidal field model coil IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 13 1447-51
7. ITER Design Description Document 2004 DDD11, Magnets, Section 1, Engineering Description ITER Project Documentation, N11DDD178 04-06-04 R0.4
8. 3Sn : macrostructure, microstructure, and property comparisons for bronze and internal Sn process strands IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 10 979-82
9. Martinez A et al 1997 Field and temperature dependencies of critical current on industrial NbSn strands Cryogenics 37 865-75
10. Mitchell N 2000 Steady state analysis of non-uniform current distributions in cable-in-conduit conductors and comparison with experimental data Cryogenics 40 99-116
11. 3Sn cable-in-conduit conductors Cryogenics 43 255-70
12. Nijhuis A et al 2004 Performance of an ITER CS1 model coil conductor under transverse cyclic loading up to 40000 cycles IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 14 1489-94
13. Raff S, Schanz P, Fillunger H and Glaßl B 2001 Structural analysis and verification of the ITER TF model coil test conditions Fusion Eng. Des. 58/59 247-51
14. Savoldi L and Zanino R 2000 M&M: multi-conductor Mithrandir Code for the simulation of thermal-hydraulic transients in super-conducting magnets Cryogenics 40 179-89
15. Savoldi L, Zanino R, Marchese V, Martovetsky N, Suesser M, Ulbricht A, Wuechner F and Zahn G 2002 First measurement of the current sharing temperature at 80 kA in the ITER Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 12 635-8
16. Savoldi Richard L, Mitchell N and Zanino R 2005 From short sample to coil DC superconductor performance: ITER Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC) versus Good Joint (GJ) sample Presented at MT-19 (Genova, Italy, Sept. 2005) IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. submitted
17. Schild T, Ciazynski D and Court S 2000 Effect of actual cabling pattern on the critical current of a multistage CICC Adv. Cryog. Eng. B 46 1051-8
18. Summers L T, Guinan M W, Miller J R and Hahn P A 1991 A model for the prediction of Nb3Sn critical current as a function of field, temperature, strain and radiation damage IEEE Trans. Magn. 27 2041-4
19. 3Sn superconducting wires Supercond. Sci. Technol. at press
20. Ulbricht A et al 2005 The ITER toroidal field model coil project Fusion Eng. Des. 73 189-327
21. CS tests and performance assessment of the ITER toroidal field model coil (phase II) IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 14 1519-22
22. CS tests in conductor 1A of the ITER central solenoid model coil Cryogenics 43 179-97
23. Zanino R and Savoldi Richard L 2003 Performance evaluation of the ITER toroidal field model coil phase I. Part 2: M&M analysis and interpretation Cryogenics 43 91-100
24. Zanino R, Savoldi Richard L and TFMC Testing Group 2003b Performance evaluation of the ITER toroidal field model coil phase I. Part 1: current sharing temperature measurement Cryogenics 43 79-90