The invention relates to a resistive-type superconducting fault current limiter digital modeling and simulation method based on a YBCO superconducting tape. On the basis of establishing a YBCO superconducting tape equivalent structure model, a YBCO superconducting tape equivalent circuit model, a YBCO superconducting tape thermal conduction model and a resistive-type superconducting fault current limiter circuit model, the line current and the superconducting tape current are calculated according to given circuit parameters of the current limiter, and structure parameters and initial operation conditions of the superconducting tape; the temperature of the superconducting tape is calculated according to the YBCO superconducting tape thermal conduction model; the resistance of the superconducting tape is calculated according to the YBCO superconducting tape equivalent circuit model, the temperature of the superconducting tape, and the superconducting tape current; and the line current and the superconducting tape current are calculated according to the resistive-type superconducting fault current limiter circuit model, and simulating calculation of the resistive-type superconducting fault current limiter is achieved. The resistive-type superconducting fault current limiter digital modeling and simulation method based on the YBCO superconducting tape can be used for superconducting fault current limiters with multiple units and complex structures.