Numerical analysis of the ITER TF conductor samples in Sultan with the Thelma code

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1457-1461

  Bellina, Fabrizio ^a   Bessette, Denis ^b   Breschi, Marco ^c   Zenobio, Aldo Di ^d   Ribani, Pier Luigi ^c   Richard, Laura Savoldi ^e   Zanino, Roberto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ITER ORGANIZATION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CICC; ITER; Modeling; Nb3Sn; SULTAN samples; Superconducting magnets

Indexed keywords

CICC; ITER; MODELING; NB3SN; SULTAN SAMPLES;

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 68649120388     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2018763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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