The critical current of Nb/sub 3/Sn wires for ITER as a function of the axial tension and compression

Autor: Arno Godeke, W. Specking, B. ten Haken, H. Ten Kate
Přispěvatelé: Faculty of Science and Technology, Energy, Materials and Systems
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: IEEE transactions on magnetics, 32(4, Pa), 2739-2742. IEEE
ISSN: 0018-9464
DOI: 10.1109/20.511441
Popis: The influence of compressive and tensile axial strains on the critical current of various Nb/sub 3/Sn conductors is investigated. The investigated multifilamentary wires are especially developed for the ITER project. The critical current is determined as a function of an axial tension in a standard pull set-up. These results are compared with the results that are obtained on a bending spring-type strain device. In this second device an axial compression larger than the integral thermal shrinkage of the matrix, can be achieved. A study of the field dependence of the critical current yields the strain dependence of the extrapolated upper-critical field versus the axial strain. A good correlation is found between the two different strain devices in the tensile strain regime. There is a difference in the (limited) compressive strain regime where such a comparison can be made.
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