Implications of NbTi short-sample test results and analysis for the ITER Poloidal Field Conductor Insert (PFCI)

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 886-889

  Zanino, R ^a   Bagnasco, M ^a   Baker, W ^b   Bellina, F ^c   Bruzzone, P ^d   Della Corte, A ^e   Ilyin, Y ^f   Martovetsky, N ^g   Mitchell, N ^h   Muzzi, L ^e   Nijhuis, A ^f   Nunoya, Y ⁱ   Okuno, K ⁱ   Rajainmaki, H ^b   Ribani, P L ^j   Ricci, M ^e   Salpietro, E ^b   Richard, L Savoldi ^a   Shikov, A ^k   Sytnikov, V ^l   Takahashi, Y ^h   Taran, A ^l   Vedernikov, G ^k   Zapretilina, E ^m   more..

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h ITER IT   (Japan)

ⁱ JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k Bochvar All Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)   (Russian Federation)

^l Russian Scientific R and D Cable Institute (VNIIKP)   (Russian Federation)

^m EFREMOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

more..

Author keywords

Fusion reactors; ITER; Modeling; Superconducting coils

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; EXTRAPOLATION; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; QUENCHING;

ITER; POLOIDAL FIELD CONDUCTOR INSERT (PFCI); SUPERCONDUCTING COILS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 33746611226     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2006.873318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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