A cable-in-conduit (CIC) conductor using Nb3Sn strand is applied to an ITER TF coil. The Nb3Sn strand in the conductor is periodically bent due to electromagnetic force, which causes degradation of performance. This degradation should be evaluated to predict conductor critical current performance. In a past study, a numerical simulation model was developed to evaluate the superconductivity of a periodically bent single strand. However, this model is not suitable for application to strands in the conductor because of the extensive calculation time required. The author thus developed a new analytical model with a much shorter calculation time to evaluate the performance of periodically bent strand. This new model uses the classical model concept of a high transverse resistance model (HTRM). The calculated results show good agreement with the test results of a periodically bent Nb3Sn strand in a ends fixed beam model while there was little error in the uniformly bent model under high transverse load due to the difference in bending moment distribution between the two models. However, for both cases, the newly developed model has a much shorter calculation time than that required for numerical simulation. This indicates that a more practical solution can be achieved when evaluating the performance of periodically bent strands. Thus, the model developed in this study can be applied to evaluation of the performance of conductor incorporating many strands.
