Interstrand resistance and current redistribution in a Cable-In-Conduit Conductor (CICC) termination

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1452-1456

  Cau, Francesca ^a   Bagnasco, Maurizio ^a   Bruzzone, Pierluigi ^a   Calvi, Marco ^a   Roth, Felix ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cable in conduit conductor; Interstrand resistance; Joint

Indexed keywords

CABLE-IN-CONDUIT CONDUCTOR; CABLE-IN-CONDUIT CONDUCTORS; CRITICAL SURFACES; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT IMBALANCES; CURRENT REDISTRIBUTION; CURRENT-SHARING; DC OPERATION; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION; HIGH-FIELD REGIONS; INTERSTRAND RESISTANCE; JOINT; NONHOMOGENEITY; RE-DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC;

CABLES; CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMPACT RESISTANCE; TEST FACILITIES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 68649123533     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2019219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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