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Strain and grain connectivity in Bi2223/Ag superconducting tapes
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Huang, Ying Kai Haken, B. Ten Kate, H. H. J. Ten |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | The critical current reduction in silver-sheathed (Bi,Pb)/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 10/ superconducting tapes (Bi2223/Ag) is investigated when loaded with uni-axial strains in combination with a magnetic field perpendicular to the tape surface. The number and quality of the grain-to-grain connections and the alignment of the superconducting cores mainly determine the critical current in Bi2223/Ag tapes. It is assumed that the transport current flows simultaneously through two current carrying paths in the tape: one through the network of Josephson junctions and the other is through the well-connected grains. The model describes well the magnetic field dependence of the critical current at various strains. A detailed analysis has shown that strain deteriorates grain connectivity, induces cracking and hence changes the current carrying path. Furthermore, strain may introduce new defects inside the grains along the strong-link current path and increase intra-granular pinning strength. |
| Starting Page | 2702 |
| Ending Page | 2705 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1109/77.785043 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://doc.utwente.nl/24027/1/Strain_grain_connectivity-huang.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1109/77.785043 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |