Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 3058-3061Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/77.919708
Keywords
critical current; high-temperature superconductors; strain effect; thermal expansion
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The influence of mechanical strain on the critical current (I,) is investigated for ( Bi,Pb)(2)Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox(Bi-2223)/ Ag-0.2wt%Mg-0.3wt%Sb superconducting tapes at 77 K, The tensile axial strain along tape length is successfully induced to the sample by using a U-shape holder. Continuous change of the axial strain can be obtained by changing the distance between both ends of the holder. The U-shape holders made of Ti, SUS304, or brass are used to examine the effect of thermal strain due to the contraction caused by the cooling. For example, the results for the samples glued to Ti or brass holder are as follows, Strain dependence of normalized I-c (I-c/I-c (at as-cooled state)) is affected by holder material. A steep decrease of I, occurs when we apply 0.1% and 0.3% strain for Ti and brass holder, respectively. The different thermal expansion (-0.15% for Ti and -0.37% for brass from 300 K to 77 K) explains it. All the results for normalized I-c vs. strain relation fall on a master curve with taking into account of the effect of the thermal strain. Thermal expansion of the tape from 300 K to 77 K is measured to be -035% by using a strain gage. The critical strain (c) where a steep decrease of I-c occurs is evaluated to be 0.27% from self-contracted state of the tape.
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