The flux-pinning-induced stress and magnetostriction of a functionally graded type-II superconductor shaped as a rectangular slab are analyzed. By using the plane strain approach, the exact solution of the three-dimensional (3D) magneto-elastic problem is found. All the stresses, strains, and magnetostriction in the graded direction are first expressed in terms of the flux-density profile in the slab, and all these expressions are valid for any critical-state model jc=jc(B). Then, based on the Bean model, i.e., jc=const, an extensive analysis is made for three cases of applied magnetic fields, i.e., increasing field, decreasing field, and field cooling. And the emphasis is put on the effects of both the applied magnetic field and the graded index of the slab on the maximum tensile stress and the magnetostriction.
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