Coated conductors with magnetic substrates are thin multilayer structures; their high aspect ratio and nonlinear material properties present significant difficulties for numerical simulation. Using the high width-to-thickness ratio of coated conductors we derive an integral formulation for a new model [1] based on an infinitely thin approximation for the superconducting layer and a quasistatic...
In the framework of the studies on high field magnets for future accelerators, a specific project called ASTRACT, involving INFN, CNR/SPIN, ENEA and the University of Genoa, is focused on the effect of transverse strain on the critical current of $Nb_3Sn$ wires. The first phase of the project concerns the effects of strain imposed on $Nb_3Sn$ wires before heat treatment and the development of...
