Development of strain-applying apparatus for evaluation of ITER Nb 3Sn strand

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 2588-2590

  Nunoya, Yoshihiko ^a   Isono, Takaaki ^a   Koizumi, Norikiyo ^a   Hamada, Kazuya ^a   Nabara, Yoshihiro ^a   Okuno, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conductor; Fusion; ITER; Nb3Sn; Strain; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); NIOBIUM ALLOYS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TENSILE STRAIN;

HORSESHOE-SHAPED RING; ITER CONDUCTOR DESIGN; STRAIN DEPENDENCY;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 34547431031     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.899600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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