A new model to simulate critical current degradation of a large CICC by taking into account strand bending

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 831-834

  Koizumi, Norikiyo ^a   Nunoya, Yoshihiko ^a   Okuno, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CICC; Critical current; Degradation; ITER; Strand bending

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NIOBIUM ALLOYS;

CICC; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE; ITER; STRAND BENDING;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY);

EID: 33746592143     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.869640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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