Fatigue behavior of multifilamentary BSCCO 2223/Ag Superconducting tapes

The mechanical properties and the critical current were studied in three commercial multifilamentary Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 10+x//Ag tapes subjected to monotonic and fatigue tension at 77 K in the longitudinal direction. It was found that transport properties were not compromised under monotonic tension if the maximum tensile stress remained below the conventional 0.2% yield strength. This magnitude was reduced by 10% to 20% in the case of fatigue loading, and the service life of the tape was dictated by the mechanical fatigue life.