The effect of inter-bundle resistive barriers on coupling loss, current distribution and DC performance in ITER conductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 868-871

  Nijhuis, A ^a   Ilyin, Y ^a   Ten Kate, H H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CICC; Coupling loss; Critical current; Current distribution; Interstrand resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLINGS; ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COUPLING LOSS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; HEAT EXCHANGE; INTER-BUNDLE RESISTIVE BARRIERS; POLOIDAL FIELD COIL INSERT (PFCI); SHORT CURRENT TRANSFER;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 33746600768     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.869671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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