Computational micromagnetics for magnetostrictive actuators

Xiaobo Tan; John S. Baras; P. S. Krishnaprasad

doi:10.1117/12.388761

19 June 2000 Computational micromagnetics for magnetostrictive actuators

Xiaobo Tan, John S. Baras, P. S. Krishnaprasad

Proceedings Volume 3984, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388761
Event: SPIE's 7th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Computational micromagnetics plays an important role in design and control of magnetostrictive actuators. A systematic approach to calculate magnetic dynamics and magnetostriction is presented. A finite difference method is developed to solve the coupled Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation for dynamics of magnetization and a one dimensional elastic motion equation. The effective field in the LLG equation consists of the external field, the demagnetizing field, the exchange field, and the anisotropy field. A hierarchical algorithm using multipole approximation speeds up to the evaluation of the demagnetizing field, reducing computational cost from O(N²) to O(NlogN). A hybrid 3D/1D rod model is adopted to compute the magnetostriction: a 3D model is used in solving the LLG equation for the dynamics of magnetization; then assuming that the rod is along z-direction, we take all cells with same z-coordinate as a new cell. The values of the magnetization and the effective field of the new cell are obtained from averaging those of the original cells that the new cell contains. Each new cell is represented as a mass- spring in solving the motion equation. Numerical results include: (1) domain wall dynamics, including domain wall formation and motion; (2) effects of physical parameters, grid geometry, grid refinement and field step on H - M hysteresis curves; (3) magnetostriction curve.

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Xiaobo Tan, John S. Baras, and P. S. Krishnaprasad "Computational micromagnetics for magnetostrictive actuators", Proc. SPIE 3984, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures, (19 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388761

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