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Local Non-contact Evaluation of the ac Magnetic Hysteresis Parameters of Electrical Steels by the Barkhausen Noise Technique

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The potential of the magnetic Barkhausen noise method for local repeatable testing of the magnetic hysteresis properties of electrical steels was investigated. Strips of non-oriented and grain-oriented electrical steels were magnetized by a single yoke through 0–10 mm air gaps. The measurements were performed at standard ac conditions: 50 Hz sine induction waveform with different amplitudes. A vertically mounted array of three Hall sensors was used for the direct measurement of the surface magnetic field. The Barkhausen noise was detected locally by a surface-mounted pancake coil. The simultaneous measurement of the actual sample field makes it possible to stabilize a recently introduced parameter, called Barkhausen noise coercivity. This parameter demonstrates strong linear correlations to the hysteresis coercive force and to the hysteresis losses measured by the standard single sheet tester.

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The author appreciates the financial support of the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) under projects 102/09/P108 and 13-18993S.

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Stupakov, O. Local Non-contact Evaluation of the ac Magnetic Hysteresis Parameters of Electrical Steels by the Barkhausen Noise Technique. J Nondestruct Eval 32, 405–412 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-013-0194-8

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