FEM-Simulation of Magnetic Shape Memory Actuators

Author

Schiepp, Thomas ; Maier, Martin ; Pagounis, E. ; Schluter, Andreas ; Laufenberg, M.

Author_Institution

ETO Magn. GmbH, Stockach, Germany

Volume

50

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Feb. 2014

Firstpage

989

Lastpage

992

Abstract

The magneto-mechanical behavior of magnetic shape memory (MSM) materials has been investigated by means of different simulation and modeling approaches by several research groups. The target of this paper is to simulate actuators driven by MSM alloys and to understand the MSM element behavior during actuation, which shall lead to an increased performance of the actuator. It is shown that internal and external stresses should be taken into consideration using numerical computation tools for magnetic fields in an efficient way.

Keywords

finite element analysis; magnetic actuators; shape memory effects; FEM-simulation; actuation; external stresses; internal stresses; magnetic fields; magnetic shape memory actuators; magneto-mechanical behavior; numerical computation tools; Actuators; Finite element analysis; Magnetomechanical effects; Materials; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Stress; Electromagnetic analysis; electromagnetic coupling; magnetic shape memory alloys; smart materials;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2013.2279205

Filename

6749032