Dependence of the anhysteretic magnetization on uniaxial stress in steel

Abstract

As part of an investigation into the effects of stress on magnetic properties, the stress dependence of the anhysteretic magnetization of three samples of ferromagnetic constructional steel was measured. Measurements were taken using a specially designed apparatus which enabled small samples to be subjected to uniaxial stresses of up to 3.2×108 Pa while held between the pole pieces of a conventional 2T laboratory electromagnet with a pole gap of 70 mm. In each case, the anhysteretic magnetization decreased under compressive stress but increased slightly under tensile stress at low fields. Compared with hysteresis curves, the anhysteretic has a particularly simple form which can be modeled using an equation given previously. The results allowed the stress dependence of three of the four parameters governing hysteresis to be determined.