A Novel Computational Method to Identify/Analyze Hysteresis Loops of Hard Magnetic Materials

In this study, a novel computational method capable of reproducing hysteresis loops of hard magnetic materials is proposed. It is conceptually based on the classical Preisach model but has a completely different approach in the modeling of the hysteron effect. Indeed, the change in magnetization cau...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Giuseppe D’Aloia, Antonio Di Francesco, Valerio De Santis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Magnetochemistry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2312-7481/7/1/10
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Summary:In this study, a novel computational method capable of reproducing hysteresis loops of hard magnetic materials is proposed. It is conceptually based on the classical Preisach model but has a completely different approach in the modeling of the hysteron effect. Indeed, the change in magnetization caused by a single hysteron is compared here to the change in velocity of two disk-shaped solids elastically colliding with each other rather than the effect of ideal geometrical entities giving rise to so-called Barkhausen jumps. This allowed us to obtain a simple differential formulation for the global magnetization equation with a significant improvement in terms of computational performance. A sensitivity analysis on the parameters of the proposed method has indeed shown the capability to model a large class of hysteresis loops. Moreover, the proposed method permits modeling of the temperature effect on magnetization of neodymium magnets, which is a key point for the design of electrical machines. Therefore, application of the proposed method to the hysteresis loop of a real <i>NdFeB</i><i> </i>magnet has been proven to be very accurate and efficient for a large temperature range.
ISSN:2312-7481