Analysis of magnetization, AC loss, and deff for various internal-Sn based Nb3Sn multifilamentary strands with and without subelement splitting

Cryogenics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 711-725

  Sumption, M D ^a   Peng, X ^a   Lee, E ^a   Wu, X ^a   Collings, E W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deff; Internal Sn; Magnetization; Nb3Sn; Subelement

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC LOSSES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

DIPOLE MAGNETS; SUBELEMENT SPLITTINGS; SUBELEMENT STRUCTURES;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2942708226     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2004.03.021     Document Type: Article

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