Abstract
A quantitative model describing large magnetostrain effect observed in several ferromagnetic shape memory alloys such as Ni2MnGa is briefly reported. The paper contains an exact thermodynamic consideration of the mechanical and magnetic properties of similar type materials. As a result, the basic mechanical state equation including magnetic field effect is directly derived from a general Maxwell relation. It is shown that the magnetic field induced deformation effect is directly connected with the strain dependence of magnetisation. A simple model of magnetisation and its dependence on the strain is considered and applied to explain the results of experimental study of large magnetostrain effects in Ni2MnGa.
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