Application of a stress-dependent magnetic Preisach hysteresis model on a simulation model for Terfenol-D

A previously reported simulation model for the highly magnetorestrictive material. Terfenol-D has been extended by implementation of the recently developed stress-dependent magnetic Preisach hysteresis model. The model is based on static measurements of material characteristics combined with equations for the dynamic mechanical and magnetic behavior of the material. As a test of the model the authors have simulated the behavior of a Terfenol-D rod for different load conditions. The results show that the model is able to describe the influence of nonlinearities, eddy currents, and hysteresis on the magnetomechanical transduction process of magnetorestrictive materials