The critical current at 77 K of multifilamentary Bi2223 composite tape was studied under applied tensile strain experimentally and analytically. Beyond the irreversible strain, the critical currents (I C ) decreased significantly with increasing applied tensile strain (ε c ), due to the enhanced cracking of the Bi2223 filaments. The voltage generation in the voltage-current relation was calculated by the current share model in which the transport current is shared by the Bi2223 filament and Ag near the cracked portion. Then the critical current was estimated with a 1 μV cm −1 criterion. By the application of the current share model to the experimental result, the effective crack length responsible for the reduction in critical current was estimated, with which the change of critical current could be described satisfactorily as a function of applied strain.