Magnetomechanical coupling factor and energy density of single crystal iron-gallium alloys

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6929, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Datta, Supratik ^a   Flatau, Alison B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Energy density; Iron gallium (Galfenol); Magnetoelastic; Magnetomechanical coupling factor; Magnetostriction; Sensor

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; IRON; MECHANICS; METALS; PIGMENTS; POWDERS;

ACTIVE MATERIALS; COUPLING FACTORS; ENERGY DENSITIES; FIGURES OF MERIT (FOM); LINEAR BEHAVIOR; MAGNETOMECHANICAL COUPLINGS; MATERIAL CONSTANTS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPERATING RANGES; SINGLE CRYSTAL IRON;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 44949219510     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.779320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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