Taking the relay of the large Hadron collider (LHC) at CERN, ITER has become the largest
project in applied superconductivity. In addition to its technical complexity, ITER is also a …

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
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Abstract The overall 30 year Nb 3 Sn conductor program for ITER provides an unusual
opportunity to look at the issues created by the application of novel Nb 3 Sn technology on a …

In this paper, the nonlinear mechanical behaviors of Nb3Sn superconducting composite
wires have been investigated by the quasi-static loading-unloading tensile and fatigue tests …

Future particle colliders in search for new physics at the energy frontier require the
development of accelerator magnets capable of producing fields well beyond those …

The ability to compute accurately the strain field in Nb 3 Sn filaments is a crucial point in
cable design, due to the significant strain sensitivity of niobium–tin wires. Due to its …

Nb 3 Sn superconductors show a dependence of the critical current and temperature on the
strain state of the superconducting material. The basic causes of Nb 3 Sn strain effects …

For a few years there has been an increasing effort to study the impact of (bending) strain on
the transport properties of superconducting wires. As the stress distribution, originated by …

Abstract The ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) cable-in-conduit
conductors (CICCs) are subjected to high thermal and electromagnetic cyclic loadings …