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Arend Nijhuis is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and physics, with a substantial focus on superconducting materials and their applications. Their research spans multiple subfields, including biomedical engineering, condensed matter physics, electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, and nuclear and high energy physics.

Their work involves a comprehensive exploration of superconducting materials and applications, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, particle accelerators and beam dynamics, HVDC systems and fault protection, magnetic confinement fusion research, superconductivity in MgB2 and alloys, and fusion materials and technologies.

Notable recent publications by Nijhuis include:

  • The DEMO magnet system - Status and future challenges, 2021, Fusion Engineering and Design
  • AC loss and contact resistance in REBCO CORC®, Roebel, and stacked tape cables, 2020, Superconductor Science and Technology
  • High-temperature superconducting CORC ® wires with record-breaking axial tensile strain tolerance present a breakthrough for high-field magnets, 2021, Superconductor Science and Technology
  • Advance in the conceptual design of the European DEMO magnet system, 2020, Superconductor Science and Technology
  • Enhanced critical axial tensile strain limit of CORC® wires: FEM and analytical modeling, 2022, Superconductor Science and Technology

Frequent co-authors of Nijhuis include Jinggang Qin, Chao Zhou, Zichuan Guo, V A Anvar, and Fang Liu, indicating significant collaborative efforts within their research community.

Their research has been published predominantly in venues specialized in superconductivity and fusion technologies, such as:

  • Superconductor Science and Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  • Superconductivity
  • Fusion Engineering and Design
  • Physica C Superconductivity

Nijhuis's scientific contributions align strongly with engineering and physics disciplines, with a particular emphasis on biomedical engineering and condensed matter physics among the subfields. Their work addresses critical aspects of superconducting wire technologies, magnet system designs for fusion, and the physics underlying superconductivity mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Experiments and FE modeling of stress-strain state in ReBCO tape under tensile, torsional and transverse load

    K Ilin;K A Yagotintsev;C Zhou;P Gao

  • Transverse load optimization in Nb3Sn CICC design; influence of cabling, void fraction and strand stiffness

    Arend Nijhuis;Y. Ilyin

  • The ITER toroidal field model coil project

    A. Ulbricht;J.L. Duchateau;W.H. Fietz;Y. Ilyin

  • A device to investigate the axial strain dependence of the critical current density in superconductors

    A. Godeke;M. Dhalle;A. Morelli;L. Stobbelaar

  • 2013 The effect of axial and transverse loading on the transport properties of ITER Nb3Sn strands

    Arend Nijhuis;R.P. Pompe van Meerdervoort;Hendrikus J.G. Krooshoop;Wilhelm A.J. Wessel

  • Bending of CORC® cables and wires: finite element parametric study and experimental validation

    V A Anvar;V A Anvar;V A Anvar;K Ilin;K A Yagotintsev;B Monachan;B Monachan

  • State of the art powder-in-tube niobium–tin superconductors

    A. Godeke;A. den Ouden;A. Nijhuis;H.H.J. ten Kate

  • Axial tensile stress-strain characterization of ITER model coil type Nb 3 Sn strands in TARSIS

    N C van den Eijnden;A Nijhuis;Y Ilyin;W A J Wessel

  • A solution for transverse load degradation in ITER Nb3Sn CICCs: verification of cabling effect on Lorentz force response

    Arend Nijhuis

  • Impact of spatial periodic bending and load cycling on the critical current of a Nb3Sn strand

    A Nijhuis;N C van den Eijnden;Y Ilyin;E G van Putten

  • Test Results of Two European ITER TF Conductor Samples in SULTAN

    P. Bruzzone;M. Bagnasco;M. Calvi;F. Cau

  • Progress in the design of the superconducting magnets for the EU DEMO

    V. Corato;Tommaso Bagni;M.E. Biancolini;R. Bonifetto

  • Test Results of Two ITER TF Conductor Short Samples Using High Current Density Nb $_{3}$ Sn Strands

    P. Bruzzone;M. Bagnasco;D. Ciazynski;A. della Corte

  • Overview of Progress on the EU DEMO Reactor Magnet System Design

    L. Zani;C. M. Bayer;M. E. Biancolini;R. Bonifetto

  • Axial and transverse stress–strain characterization of the EU dipole high current density Nb3Sn strand

    Arend Nijhuis;Y. Ilyin;Wouter Abbas

  • Summary of ITER TF ${ m Nb}_{3}{ m Sn}$ Strand Testing Under Axial Strain, Spatial Periodic Bending and Contact Stress

    A. Nijhuis;Y. Ilyin;S. Wessel;E. Krooshoop

  • Change of interstrand contact resistance and coupling loss in various prototype ITER NbTi conductors with transverse loading in the Twente Cryogenic Cable Press up to 40,000 cycles

    A. Nijhuis;Yu. Ilyin;W. Abbas;B. ten Haken

  • Performance of an ITER CS1 model coil conductor under transverse cyclic loading up to 40,000 cycles

    A. Nijhuis;Y. Ilyin;W. Abbas;B. ten Haken

  • Scaling law for the strain dependence of the critical current in an advanced ITER Nb3Sn strand

    Y Ilyin;A Nijhuis;E Krooshoop

  • Spatial periodic contact stress and critical current of a Nb3Sn strand measured in TARSIS

    Arend Nijhuis;Y. Ilyin;Wilhelm A.J. Wessel

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierluigi Bruzzone
Pierluigi Bruzzone École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Roberto Zanino
Roberto Zanino Polytechnic University of Turin
Md. Shahriar A. Hossain
Md. Shahriar A. Hossain University of Queensland
Kozo Osamura
Kozo Osamura Kyoto University
Laura Savoldi
Laura Savoldi Polytechnic University of Turin
Yusuke Yamauchi
Yusuke Yamauchi University of Queensland
David C. Larbalestier
David C. Larbalestier Florida State University
Yoshio Bando
Yoshio Bando University of Wollongong

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