1)   Fractographic observations on Sm-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors fractured by tensile tests, K.Katagiri, K.Kasaba, Y.Shoji, A.Chiba, T.Tomita, T.Miyamoto and M.Murakami,  Physica C,357-360(2001)803-806

2)    Vickers Hardness Properties of YBCO Bulk Superconductor at Cryogenic Temperatures, Y. Yoshino, A. Iwabuchi, K. Noto, N. Sakai and M. Murakami, Physica C,357-360(2001)796-798

3)    An Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of YBaCuO and (Sm,Gd)BaCuO Bulk Superconductors Using Vickers Hardness Test at Cryogenic Temperatures Y. Yoshino, A. Iwabuchi, K. Katagiri, K. Noto, N. Sakai and M. Murakami, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 12(2002)1755-1758

4) Tensile Strength and Fracture Surface Topography of Sm-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors Superconductor Science and Technology, Volume 15, Number 7, (2002), 1099-1104.

Akira Murakami, Kazumune Katagiri, Koichi Kasaba, Yoshitaka Shoji, Koshichi Noto, Naomichi Sakai and Masato Murakami

5) Stress-Strain Characteristics and Fracture Surface Morphology of (Sm,Gd)-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductor

Physica C, 378-381（2002）722-726

Kazumune Katagiri, Akira Murakami, Tadashi Sato, Taichi Okudera, Naomichi Sakai,

Miryala Muralidhar and Masato Murakami

6) Tensile Mechanical Properties of (Nd,Eu,Gd)-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors at Room and Liquid Nitrogen Temperatures

Physica C, 378-381（2002）794-797

Akira Murakami, Kazumune Katagiri, Koshichi Noto, Koichi Kasaba, Yoshitaka Shoji,

Miryala Muralidhar, Naomichi Sakai and Masato Murakami

7)  Gd123バルク超電導体の室温における機械的特性

村上明、片桐一宗、笠場孝一、正路良孝、能登宏七、手嶋英一、澤村充、村上雅人

低温工学、37巻11号(2002) pp.665-670

8) Mechanical properties of Gd123 bulk superconductors at room temperature

Cryogenics, 43 (2003) 345-350

A. Murakami, K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, K. Noto, H.Teshima, M. Sawamura

M. Murakami

9)     Effects of Ag content on the mechanical properties of (Nd,Eu,Gd)-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors, K. Katagiri, A. Murakami, R. Kan, K. Kasaba, K. Noto, M. Muralidhar, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, Physica C, 392-396 Part 1, 2003, 526-530

10)  Fracture toughness evaluation of YBCO balk superconductor, T. Okudera, A. Murakami, K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, K. Noto, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, Physica C, 392-396 Part 1, 2003, 628-633

11)  Mechanical properties of Sm-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors at room temperature

A. Murakami, K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, K. Noto, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami,

Physica C, 392-396 Part 1, 2003, 557-561

12)  Mechanical properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O blocks welded by Er-Ba-Cu-O solder, T. Kaneko, K. Iida, J. Yoshioka, N. Sakai, M. Murakami, A. Murakami and K. Katagiri，Physica C, 392-396 Part 1, 2003,673-676

13)  Fracture toughness of SmBaCuO bulk superconductors at cryogenic temperatures,

Y. Yoshino, A. Iwabuchi, N. Takahashi, K. Katagiri, K. Noto, N. Sakai and M. Murakami,

he 18th International Conference on Magnet Technology, 2003.10.23, 2003, 4D-p76

14)  Fracture toughness of Sm123 bulk superconductors evaluated by tensile and bending tests

K. Katagiri, A. Murakami, T. Okudera, Y. Yoshino, A. Iwabuchi, K. Noto, N. Sakai and M. Murakami, The 18th International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT-18) [2C-a01], Morioka, 2003.10.21

15)  Mechanical properties of Gd123 bulk superconductor at liquid nitrogen temperature A. Murakami, K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, K. Noto, H. Teshima, M. Sawamaura, M. Murakami, The 18th International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT-18) [2C-a02], Morioka, 2003.10.21

16)  Deformation and fracture behavior of Sm123 bulk superconductors by compressive loading at room temperature, R. Kan, K. Katagiri, A. Murakami, K. Kasaba, Y. Shoji, K. Noto, N. Sakai, and M. Murakami, The 18th International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT-18) [4D-P75], Morioka, 2003.10.23

17)  Low temperature mechanical properties of Y123 bulk superconductor fabricated by the modified QMG process, A. Murakami, K. Katagiri, K. Kasaba, K. Noto, H. Teshima, M. Sawamura, N. Sakai, M. Murakami, 16th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2003) [BSP-22], 2003.10.28, Tsukuba

18) Mechanical properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O blocks welded by silver added Y-Ba-Cu-O solder, T. Kaneko, K. Iida, T. Kono, N. Sakai, M. Murakami, N. Koshizuka, K. Katagiri, 16th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2003) [BSP-23], 2003.10.28, Tsukuba

19) Superrconducting propertyes of silver added Er-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors, K. Iida, T. Kaneko, K. Katagiri, N. Sakai, M. Murakami, N. Koshizuka, 16th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2003) [BSP-7], 2003.10.28, Tsukuba

20)  Tensile and bending mechanical properties of bulk superconductors at room temperature, K. Katagiri, A. Murakami, Y. Shoji, H. Teshima, M. Sawamura, A. Iwamoto T. Mito, and M. Murakami, 16th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2003) [BS-8], 2003.10.28, Tsukuba