Magnetostriction simulation using anisotropic vector Preisach-type models

Magnetic materials exhibiting gigantic magnetostriction, especially Terfenol, are currently being widely used in fine positioning and active vibration damping devices. By involving accurate magnetostriction models during design stages, precision of such devices may be significantly enhanced. In this paper a straight-forward approach that employs anisotropic vector Preisach-type hysteresis models in simulating field-stress effects on magnetic materials is presented. Formation of the proposed model is given and its identification problem is solved. The presented approach has been numerically implemented and numerous digital computer simulations have been performed for Terfenol material. Sample simulation results as well as comparisons with experimentally observed magnetostriction curves are reported in the paper.