Constitutive equations of magnetostrictive smart materials involving mechanical and magnetic fields are presented via Hamilton’s principle. Finite element equations are used to solve the equations of motion subjected to different force inputs. Magnetostrictive (CoFe2O4) layers mounted on the root of cantilever beam is considered as the case study to obtain the displacement and magnetic response...

We analyze the possibility of detecting weak magnetic fields by using magnetostrictive perturbation of optical fibers. The basic scheme is demonstrated in Fig. 1. A low-loss optical fiber of length L is sheathed in a magnetostrictive jacket that undergoes a longitudinal strain (magnetostriction) when immersed in a magnetic field. This strain affects the phase delay of a laser light beam propaga...

This paper presents an induced voltage linear extraction method for disturbing force self-sensing in the application of giant magnetostrictive actuators (GMAs). In this method, a Kelvin bridge combined with an active device is constructed instead of a conventional Wheatstone bridge for extraction of the induced voltage, and an additional GMA is adopted as a reference actuator in the self-sensin...

Cryogenic magnetostrictive materials, such as rare earth zinc crystals, offer high strains and high forces with minimally applied magnetic fields, making the material ideally suited for deformable optics applications. For cryogenic temperature applications, such as Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), the use of superconducting magnets offer the possibility of a persistent mode of operation,...

In order to develop jetting technologies of glue in LED and microelectronics packaging, giant-magnetostrictive-material (GMM) is firstly applied to increase jetting response, and a new magnifying device including a lever and a flexible hinge is designed to improve jetting characteristics. Physical models of the jetting system are derived from the magnifying structure and working principle, whic...

Magnetic noise in electrical machines and transformers are a large portion of the total noise of the device. Part of this magnetic noise is caused by the deformation of the ferromagnetic laminations due to the magnetic field. This effect is called magnetostriction, and it strongly depends on the applied magnetic field, the material properties and external pressure to the material. A strain gaug...

Multiferroic materials exhibit magnetoelectric (ME) coupling and promise new device applications including magnetic sensors, generators, and filters. An effective method for developing ME materials with enhanced ME effect is achieved by the coupling through the interfacial strain between piezoelectric and magnetostrictive materials. In this study, the electrical and magnetic properties of Ga do...

The performance of vibration power generation using the inverse magnetostrictive effect increases with increasing its device size. In this study, grain-oriented electrical steel that can be largely produced was investigated as a core material, U-shaped unimorph at laboratory scale. (16 mm long 1.4 mm2 cross-section) rolling direction (RD) along stress exhibited effective open-circuit voltage 0....