Measurement of transverse resistance of flat transposed superconducting cables under pressure

The installation and technique of measurement of resistance between wires in superconducting (SC) cables of the Rutherford type in different directions under pressure is described. The installation permits to create the pressure up to 50 MPa on the samples of 6.8 mm thick SC cables. A typical dependence of the transverse resistance on the pressure for the cable with the tinned SC wires is presented. It is established, that the dependence of the transverse resistance on the pressure of the completely soldered SC cables is not very strong approximately 10-15%. It provides a possibility to measure eddy effects in short samples of such cables without loading. In the case of non-soldered SC cables it is not sufficient to conduct measurements without loading, as the values of the transverse resistance under the pressure of P=35 MPa and without pressure differ significantly (by a factor of 10)