Terfenol-D

Effects of Magnetic Bias and Pre-stress on the Sensitivity of a Force Sensor Using Terfenol-D

Terfenol D is a giant magnetostrictive material, which is used in actuators and sensors To optimize its performance, operational conditions such as m…

Efficiency Investigation of a Self-Sensing Giant Magnetostrictive Actuator

Terfenol D is a giant magnetostrictive material, which is widely used in actuators and transducers There are power losses during the conversion of ma…

Modeling Excess Eddy Currents Loss of Terfenol-D Based on Non-linear Diffusion of Magnetic Field

In the present paper, excess eddy currents loss of Terfenol–D is studied and effects of magnetic field frequency, peak of magnetic flux density and d…

Study on Rate-Dependent Hysteresis of Terfenol-D Using a New Empirical Model

One of the major limitations of using Terfenol D in magnetostrictive actuators and sensors is its magnetic hysteresis This study presents a new empir…