Development of cryogenic tensile testing apparatus for lattice strain measurement using synchrotron radiation for REBCO composite conductors

菅野 未知央*; 町屋 修太郎*; 菖蒲 敬久; 城 鮎美*; 梶原 堅太郎*; 中本 達志*

Superconductor Science and Technology, 33(8), p.085003_1 - 085003_10, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ab953e

REBaCuO-delta (REBCO) composite tapes are candidate conductors for future accelerator magnets. Given that REBCO is a brittle oxide film, stress/strain management is important in the mechanical design of a magnet. Therefore, the strain state of a superconducting film should be predicted under various operating conditions. A quantum beam is a useful tool in evaluating the strain state of a superconducting material in a composite conductor. Although various cryogenic tensile testing machines, in combination with neutron beam and synchrotron radiation, have been developed, they are not necessarily optimized for measuring highly textured materials such as REBCO films. This study reports a novel cryogenic tensile testing apparatus that can be used at the beamline of a synchrotron radiation facility. In this system, a superconducting tape is cooled using a Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryocooler through 2.5 m long thermal links made of 5 N high-purity aluminum. This enables a compact cryogenic loading system that can be mounted on the goniometer of a beamline. Lattice strain measurements using synchrotron radiation were conducted at 40 K, 77 K, and 300 K for a commercially available (Y,Gd)BCO coated conductor at BL28B2 in SPring-8. The onset strain of film fracture determined from the lattice strain measurement at 77 K agreed well with the irreversible strain of critical current at the same temperature. The residual and fracture strain of the (Y,Gd)BCO film at 77 K was evaluated as well.

被覆管高速加圧バースト試験装置の設計と製作

大友 隆; 永瀬 文久; 上塚 寛

JAERI-Tech 99-071, p.25 - 0, 1999/10

JAERI-Tech-99-071.pdf:1.84MB

軽水炉高燃焼度燃料棒のRIA破損挙動に関する基礎的な知見を得るために、燃料被覆管内圧を急速に加圧できる試験装置を考案し製作した。UOパレット中のFPガスの膨張がPCMIに強く関与することを考慮し、本装置では油圧を用いて被覆管に均一な負荷を与えることとした。また、NSRR実験でのパルス幅に相当する短い時間で被覆管を加圧し破裂させるために、最大170MPaまで予加圧した高圧系と被覆管試料とを電磁弁を用いて瞬時に接続する加圧方法を考案した。製作した装置は、室温で最大3.4MPa/msの昇圧速度を達成し、未照射PWR用ジルカロイ被覆管が70msで破裂した。水素添加被覆管試料では、NSRR実験で破損した高燃焼度燃料棒と類似の破損形態を呈したことから、本装置によりパルス照射時にPCMI破損を十分に模擬できる。