Electromagnetic behavior of bulk textured YBaCuO

This paper reports electrical and magnetic results obtained on bulk YBaCuO samples manufactured by Melt Textured Growth process. These studies are important for the understanding of the limitation mechanisms of transport current. Resistive measurements on textured sample confirm the interest of these materials. Transport critical current densities in excess of 2.5 108 A/m2 have been measured in a field of 2 T, at 77 K in oriented YBaCuO. The critical state concept for the calculation of internal flux profiles is used to model the magnetization behavior of textured materials. The authors compare magnetization measurements with theoretical curves for different orientations of the magnetic field with respect to crystallographic axes. This study allows to determine inductive critical current densities which are strongly influenced by the current path geometry. Then the authors compare these results to transport Jct values. Self field losses values are also presented