Three-Directional FEM Analyses of Pre-Bending Effects for ${\rm Nb}_{3}{\rm Sn}$ Composite Wires

Autor: I. Okada, Hidetoshi Oguro, N. Nanato, M. Wake, SeokBeom Kim, Gen Nishijima, Satoru Murase, Satoshi Awaji, K. Watanabe, K. Kiyama
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 17:2676-2679
ISSN: 1051-8223
DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2007.899597
Popis: Pre-bending effects of Nb3Sn composite wires, enhancement in Jc at the as-cooled condition and Jc peak, Jcm, against applied tensile strain, are well known in especially Cu-Nb reinforced Cu stabilized Nb3Sn wire. In an attempt to understand the effects, three directional strain analyses using FEM were studied by considering thermally-induced residual strain due to temperature difference between the reaction temperature and the cryogenic temperatures including the pre-bending process at room temperature for three types of Nb3Sn composite wires. To evaluate effects of change in three directional strain, the von Mises strain was introduced. As a result, the minimum von Mises strain against the applied tensile strain corresponded to Jcm; low strain shows Jcm enhancement by the pre-bending for Cu-Nb reinforced Nb3Sn wire. It was found that there is a direct correlation between the minimum von Mises strain and Jcm related to the pre-bending.
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