A modified residual stress dependent Jile-Atherton hysteresis model

Abstract

Non-oriented electrical steel is widely used in the manufacturing of motor stators. The magnetic property will be influenced by the residual stress induced from manufacturing processes. The classical Jile-Atherton hysteresis model with constant parameters is widely used to describe the magnetization characteristic of ferromagnetic materials. In the model, the parameter a represents the domain density, k is the pinning factor reflecting the strength of the pinning effect, α is the domain coupling parameter affecting the slope of the mid-segment of the hysteresis loop and C is the coefficient of reversibility. However, all the four parameters are influenced by residual stress. Furthermore, the influence of magnetic peak induction on parameters can’t be ignored according to our work. The classical Jile-Atherton hysteresis model cannot reflect the influence of residual stress and magnetic peak induction. In this paper, a modified residual stress dependent Jile-Atherton hysteresis model was proposed, whose parameters are extended to functions related to residual stress and magnetic peak induction. A novel device was designed to carry out magnetic property testing experiments under large stress. The parameters were identified by a MATLAB program and the influence of residual stress and magnetic peak induction was analyzed. The accuracy of parameters was validated by experiments, which showed that the modified model worked well in describing the magnetization characteristic under different stresses and magnetic peak inductions. This could provide some guidance for the manufacturing processes of motor stators.