Irreversible degradation of Nb3Sn Rutherford cables due to transverse compressive stress at room temperature

P Ebermann, J Bernardi, J Fleiter… - Superconductor …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In the framework of the Future Circular Collider design study for a 100 TeV circular collider,
16 T superconducting bending magnets based on Nb 3 Sn technology are being developed …

Formation and propagation of cracks in RRP Nb3Sn wires studied by deep learning applied to x-ray tomography

T Bagni, D Mauro, M Majkut, A Rack… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports a novel non-destructive and non-invasive method to investigate crack
formation and propagation in high-performance Nb 3 Sn wires by combining x-ray …

Design optimization of round strands made by twisted stacks of HTS tapes

N Bykovsky, D Uglietti, R Wesche… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A twisted stack of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes soldered into copper
profiles was used as a strand in the fabrication of the 60-kA/12-T HTS cable prototype at the …

Degradation of I c due to residual stress in high-performance Nb3Sn wires submitted to compressive transverse force

C Senatore, T Bagni, J Ferradas-Troitino… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Future particle colliders in search for new physics at the energy frontier require the
development of accelerator magnets capable of producing fields well beyond those …

Effects of the initial axial strain state on the response to transverse stress of high-performance RRP Nb3Sn wires

JF Troitino, T Bagni, C Barth, B Bordini… - Superconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract High-performance Nb 3 Sn superconducting wires have become one of the key
technologies for the development of next generation accelerator magnets. While their large …

Generation of 25 T with an all-superconducting magnet system: Field profile and field quality measurements of a layer-wound 4 T REBCO insert coil for a 21 T LTS …

C Barth, P Komorowski, P Vonlanthen… - Superconductor …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
High temperature superconductors, especially rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBa 2 Cu 3
O 7− x or REBCO) tapes are an enabling technology for magnetic fields beyond 23.5 T, the …

Investigating the effect of rolling deformation on the electro-mechanical limits of Nb3Sn wires produced by RRP® and PIT technologies

T Bagni, C Calzolaio, G Bovone… - Superconductor …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Future high-field magnets for particle accelerators hinge on the crucial development of
advanced Nb 3 Sn wires engineered to withstand the large stresses generated during …

Computation of the Reversible Critical Current Degradation in Nb Sn Rutherford Cables for Particle Accelerator Magnets

G Vallone, B Bordini, P Ferracin - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Superconducting coils limit current is usually measured on unloaded short samples of
strands extracted from the same cable used to wound the coil. However, the critical current …

Mechanical behaviors of multi-filament twist superconducting strand under tensile and cyclic loading

X Wang, Y Li, Y Gao - Cryogenics, 2016 - Elsevier
The superconducting strand, serving as the basic unit cell of the cable-in-conduit-conductors
(CICCs), is a typical multi-filament twist composite which is always subjected to a cyclic …

Quantitative correlation between the void morphology of niobium-tin wires and their irreversible critical current degradation upon mechanical loading

C Barth, B Seeber, A Rack, C Calzolaio, Y Zhai… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the critical current performance variation of Nb3Sn superconducting wires
under mechanical loading is a crucial issue for the design of next generation accelerator …