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Mechanical properties of Nb/sub 3/Sn stranded superconducting potted cable windings

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6522566· OSTI ID:6522566
The electromagnetic stresses in projected designs of high-field magnet coils sometimes exceed the yield points or creep strengths of the presently used coil-winding materials. This is especially true of react-after-winding Nb/sub 3/Sn coils, plastic insulating materials, and the crossed strands of twisted cable. This report presents compression stress-strain curves of stranded and twisted-flat-cable coil-winding specimens for reacted and epoxy-impregnated Nb/sub 3/Sn coils, at 300/sup 0/K and 80/sup 0/K. The lateral and longitudinal strains of one specimen were meaured along with the direct compressive stress-strain, at 300/sup 0/K. A similar specimen was compressed to 40 MPa (6 kpsi) at room temperature and then to 145 MPa (20 kpsi) at 80/sup 0/K. Plastic flow occurred up the maximum stress. Stress cycles subsequent to maximum stress were elastic. Some specimens were mounted in a rigid enclosure to simulate hydrostatic containment of the magnet coil. Pure annealed Cu was tested at 300/sup 0/K, and pure epoxy was tested at 300 and 80/sup 0/K. In addition the thermal contractions from 300 to 80/sup 0/K were measured.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6522566
Report Number(s):
LBL-14481; CONF-821108-14; ON: DE83005928
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English