AC loss of multifilamentary superconducting AC wire caused by longitudinal and azimuthal AC magnetic field components

AC loss characteristics of multifilamentary NbTi AC wires under AC external magnetic field were experimentally and theoretically investigated. The authors measured AC transport current losses of AC wires with various twist pitches under the AC external magnetic field which included longitudinal and transverse components. It was shown by the measurement that the AC transport current losses decreased with decreasing the twist pitches when the external and self longitudinal fields were in the same direction. The measured dependence of the AC losses on the twist pitches and the applied longitudinal field component were well explained by their previously derived model. They also theoretically estimated the AC losses caused by the longitudinal and azimuthal field components. It was found that the AC losses can be substantially reduced by properly selecting the twist pitch and the external longitudinal field component.