DEMO toroidal field coil fast discharge unit integration studies

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The International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) has developed a comprehensive overview of the results of its coordinated R&D activities in fusion physics and diagnostics implemented during the past two decades with the aim of developing an improved physi ...

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Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) are a type of smart material described as compliant capacitors. They show impressive performances as soft actuators, such as a high strain and fast response. Nonetheless, replicating natural muscle function with DEAs h ...

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The superconducting magnet system of the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility, composed of 18 toroidal field (TF) coils, 6 poloidal field coils and a central solenoid, has been designed and many procurements have been launched. Some manufacturing aspects a ...

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DEMO toroidal field coil fast discharge unit integration studies

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Introduction and Overview: Chapter 1 of the Special Issue: on the Path to Tokamak Burning Plasma Operation

Integrated operation scenarios: Chapter 6 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation

Transport and confinement physics Chapter 2 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation

Performance of the First 80-kA HTS CICC for High-Field Application in Future Fusion Reactors

High brightness neutron source optimized for very high pulsed magnetic field experiments

Inversing the actuation cycle of dielectric elastomer actuators for a facial prosthesis

Re-design of EU DEMO with a low aspect ratio

Benign termination of runaway electron beams on ASDEX Upgrade and TCV

Overview of fast particle experiments in the first MAST Upgrade experimental campaigns

Helium metastable density determination in the COST reference source by absolutely calibrated optical emission spectroscopy

Innovative dud detection based on JET DT experience

DTT toroidal field conductor samples test in Sultan: DC and AC characterization

Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Image Sensors for Harsh Radiation Environments

The magnet feeders for the European DEMO fusion reactor: Conceptual design and recent advances

Hydro-sedimentary processes of a plunging hyperpycnal river plume revealed by synchronized remote imagery and gridded current measurements

GHOST commissioning science results - II: a very metal-poor star witnessing the early galactic assembly

Edge plasma turbulence simulations in detached regimes with the SOLEDGE3X code

Long plasma duration operation analyses with an international multi-machine (tokamaks and stellarators) database

Dynamic steady-state coil current allocation for plasma shape control: A study on the TCV tokamak

Waterborne Virus Transport and Risk Assessment in Lake Geneva Under Climate Change