Aa. Akhmetov et al., PERIODICITY OF CROSSOVER CURRENTS IN A RUTHERFORD-TYPE CABLE SUBJECTED TO A TIME-DEPENDENT MAGNETIC-FIELD, Journal of applied physics, 75(6), 1994, pp. 3176-3183
The behavior of Rutherford-type cables under a time-dependent magnetic
field is studied. Existing models are extended describing the current
s flowing through the resistive contacts at the crossovers between the
cable strands by considering crossover current distributions that are
not uniform along the cable axis. The generalized system of equations
is applied to a few cases of practical interest and shows that, if no
t uniform, the crossover current distribution is periodic, with a peri
od equal to the cable pitch length.