Multiproperty Microstructure and Property Design of Magnetic Materials

Microstructure sensitive design was used in this study to design a textured soft magnet material to meet a range of magnetic properties. The evolution of microstructure and magnetic properties during mechanical processing was simulated and presented in a spectral representation for microstructure (texture hull) and magnetic property (property hull). The set of properties for a single path (or multiple processing paths) is represented in the property hull with a direct link to the range of desired microstructures. A methodology is proposed to achieve microstructures satisfying the requirement of multiple properties. DOI: 10.1115/1.2870235