A bidirectionally coupled magnetoelastic model and its validation using a Galfenol unimorph sensor英文文献.pdfVIP

IOP PUBLISHING SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES Smart Mater. Struct. 17 (2008) 035005 (8pp) doi:10.1088/0964-1726/17/3/035005 A bidirectionally coupled magnetoelastic model and its validation using a Galfenol unimorph sensor 1,4 2 3 1,2 C Mudivarthi , S Datta , J Atulasimha and A B Flatau 1 Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 2 Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 3 Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8205, USA E-mail: chaitanya.mudivarthi@ Received 11 January 2008, in final form 23 February 2008 Published 25 March 2008 Online at /SMS/17/035005 Abstract This paper describes a bidirectionally coupled magnetoelastic model, BCMEM. BCMEM is a 3D nonlinear finite element-based model comprising magnetic and elastic boundary value problems (BVPs) that are bidirectionally coupled through stress and field dependent coupling variables—magnetostriction and magnetization. The coupling variables are calculated using an energy-based magnetomechanical model. The BVPs are solved iteratively using the finite element method with values of coupling variables updated every iteration to account for the bidirectional coupling. Such an approach is effective in incorporating the apparent variation in modulus of elasticity (the E effect) and permeability with changing stress and magnetic field, as well as modeling their effects on stress and field distributions. Thus, BCMEM allows the prediction of both nonlinear sensing and actuating behaviors of magnetostrictive materials. Moreover, the use of the finite element method provides the model with the abili