Cable-in-conduit conductors: lessons from the recent past for future developments with low and high temperature superconductors

L Muzzi, G De Marzi, A Di Zenobio… - Superconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We review progress in the design of high field superconducting cable-in-conduit conductors
(CICCs) for fusion applications, with special attention to the results of recent key …

Transverse load optimization in Nb3Sn CICC design; influence of cabling, void fraction and strand stiffness

A Nijhuis, Y Ilyin - Superconductor science and technology, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Transverse load optimization in Nb3Sn CICC design; influence of cabling, void fraction and
strand stiffness - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to …

The effect of axial and transverse loading on the transport properties of ITER Nb3Sn strands

A Nijhuis, RPP van Meerdervoort… - Superconductor …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The differences in thermal contraction of the composite materials in a cable in conduit
conductor (CICC) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), in …

Numerical simulation of the mechanical behavior of ITER cable-in-conduit conductors

H Bajas, D Durville, D Ciazynski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The unexpected degradations of current carrying capacity of Cable-In-Conduit Conductors
are attributed to be mechanical in origin Nb 3 Sn. As a result, the prediction of conductor's …

A solution for transverse load degradation in ITER Nb3Sn CICCs: verification of cabling effect on Lorentz force response

A Nijhuis - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the latest results of the novel model for transverse electromagnetic load
optimization (TEMLOP) especially developed for the ITER type of cable-in-conduit …

Axial and transverse stress–strain characterization of the EU dipole high current density Nb3Sn strand

A Nijhuis, Y Ilyin, W Abbas - Superconductor science and …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We have measured the critical current (I c) of a high current density Nb 3 Sn strand
subjected to spatial periodic bending, periodic contact stress and uniaxial strain. The strand …

JackPot: a novel model to study the influence of current non-uniformity and cabling patterns in cable-in-conduit conductors

EPA Van Lanen, A Nijhuis - Cryogenics, 2010 - Elsevier
JackPot is a new model that is used to analyse how and to what extend current non-
uniformity among strands in a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) affects its performance …

Finite element modelling of cable-in-conduit conductors

H Bajas, D Durville, A Devred - Superconductor Science and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) cable-in-conduit
conductors (CICCs) are subjected to high thermal and electromagnetic cyclic loadings …

Florida electro-mechanical cable model of Nb3Sn CICCs for high-field magnet design

Y Zhai, MD Bird - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Performance degradation of Nb 3 Sn cable-in-conduit-conductors (CICCs) is a
critical issue in large-scale magnet design such as in the International Thermonuclear …

Optimization of ITER Nb3Sn CICCs for coupling loss, transverse electromagnetic load and axial thermal contraction

A Nijhuis, EPA Van Lanen… - … Science and Technology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The ITER cable-in-conduit conductors (CICCs) are built up from sub-cable bundles, wound
in different stages, which are twisted to counter coupling loss caused by time-changing …