Fracture behavior of coated layer and its influence on critical current of DyBCO coated conductor

Abstract The coated conductors are attractive due to their high superconducting properties. As the conductors are subjected to mechanical and electromagnetic stresses in preparation and service, the study on the mechanical behavior and its influence on superconducting properties is demanded for application. In the present work, the DyBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ coated conductor with MgO buffer layer deposited on the Hastelloy C-276 substrate by inclined substrate deposition, prepared at THEVA, was used as the sample. The relation of the deformation and fracture behavior to the change of critical current under applied tensile strain was investigated. The experimental result of tensile test and critical current measurement revealed that the change of critical current with increasing applied tensile strain is caused in two stages; micro-cracking of the coated layer in the fist stage and extensive multiple cracking of the coated layer induced by the discontinuous yielding of the substrate in the second stage.