AC Losses in YBCO Coated Conductors Subjected to Tensile Stress

Stress dependencies of AC transport current losses, magnetization losses and total losses were investigated applying tensile stresses to an YBCO (IBAD/PLD) conductor. Measured transport current losses showed slight stress dependence in the range of 0~1 GPa. That can be explained by stress dependence of the critical current of the conductor. The magnetization and total losses are less sensitive to the stress than the transport current losses