Multi-physics modeling and Au-Ni/Rh coating assessment for ITER ion cyclotron resonance heating radio-frequency sliding contacts

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Chen, Zhi and Hillairet, Julien and Turq, Viviane

and Song, Yuntao and

Laloo, Raphaël

and Vulliez, Karl and Bernard, Jean-Michel and Yang, Qing

Xi and Lombard, Gilles and Hernandez, Caroline and Ferreira, Leonel and

Fesquet, Florent and Mollard, Patrick and Volpe, Robert and Ferlay, Fabien

Multi-physics modeling and Au-Ni/Rh coating assessment for ITER ion

cyclotron resonance heating radio-frequency sliding contacts. (2017) In: , 10

September 2017 - 2017 (Denver, United States).

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