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The engineering design of a Cable-In-Conduit Conductor (CICC) is complicated. A model for the optimal design of a CICC based on conductor stability, AC loss and strain is proposed. The model considers the critical current density as a function of applied strain. A mathematical programming method that minimizes the AC loss of the CICC is established to yield an optimal design for the CICC structure. The optimized structure and related performance agree well with the engineering design values used for the KSTAR project.
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Jiang, H., Wu, S. & Cheng, J. Optimization model of a structural simulation design for a CICC. Chin. Sci. Bull. 56, 2978–2983 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-011-4408-0
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