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This document provides an overview of magnetoelastic and magnetostrictive transducers. It discusses their sensing principles, materials used, construction and operation. Magnetoelastic sensors work on the Villari effect where the material's magnetization curve changes with applied mechanical load. Magnetostrictive sensors work on the Wiedemann effect of torque experienced by a ferromagnetic rod under magnetic field and current. Common applications include force, torque and pressure measurement in automotive and mechanical industries. Magnetostrictive position sensors also see use in industrial machinery requiring high cycle rates or long strokes.

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14-Magnetoelastic and Magnetostrictive Sensors-24-09-2021

This document provides an overview of magnetoelastic and magnetostrictive transducers. It discusses their sensing principles, materials used, construction and operation. Magnetoelastic sensors work on the Villari effect where the material's magnetization curve changes with applied mechanical load. Magnetostrictive sensors work on the Wiedemann effect of torque experienced by a ferromagnetic rod under magnetic field and current. Common applications include force, torque and pressure measurement in automotive and mechanical industries. Magnetostrictive position sensors also see use in industrial machinery requiring high cycle rates or long strokes.

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Module-3:

SENSORS AND SIGNAL CONDITIONING


EEE4021
LECTURE 6:
Magnetostrictive and Magneto
elastic transducers
Course Instructor:-
Dr. K.V.Lakshmi Narayana,
Associate Professor
SELECT, VIT University, Vellore.
Outline of Lecture 5
 Introduction to Magnetoelastic and
Magnetostrictive sensors
Sensing Principle
Materials
Construction and Operation
Advantages and disadvantages
 Applications
Magnetoelastic and
Magnetostrictive
Transducers
Magnetoelastic and Magnetostrictive Transducers
Magnetoelastic and Magnetostrictive sensors are
inductive sensors as the inductance of the coil changes
due to change in magnetic permeability of ferromagnetic
materials.
Magnetoelastic sensors work on the Villari effect where
as Magnetostrictive sensors work on Wiedemann effect.
 Most magnetoelastic sensors use amorphous metals
(metallic glasses), which consist of alloys of iron, nickel,
chromium, cobalt, silicon, boron, and others.
 Materials suitable for magnetoelastic sensors need good
mechanical and magnetic properties.
Materials used for magnetostrictive sensors are nickel-
iron alloys and various other ferromagnetic materials.
Principle of Magnetoelastic sensor

Villari effect: The magnetization curve changes depending on the mechanical


load applied to the material.(B-Magnetic Flux density, H-Magnetic field
strength or magnetic field)
 The Villari effect is applied to the
measurement of physical quantities like
force, torque, pressure. The configuration in
Figure has a predefined distribution of
magnetic flux, and the permeability changes
because of the mechanical strain in one
direction. The change in coil inductance is
proportional to the load.
Magnetoelastic sensors-used in Load cells

Magnetoelastic sensors based on a constant magnetic flux


distribution. The mechanical load changes the permeability.
Compression increases permeability and tension decreases.
Magnetostrictive Transducers
 Magnetostriction is the change in dimensions of
a ferromagnetic material when subjected to a
magnetic field, H.
 A transducer based on the magnetostriction
effect essentially consists of a coil wound on a
core of magnetostrictive material, which is
subjected to strain because of applied force or
pressure. It causes a change in the permeability
of the core material thereby causing the change
in inductance, which can be measured with the
help of ac bridge.
Principle of Magnetostrictive sensor

Figure : The Wiedemann effect is the torsion experienced by


a ferromagnetic rod immersed in a longitudinal magnetic
field H when a current i flows through it.
Applications of Magnetoelastic and Magnetostrictive
Transducers
 Common applications for these sensors are the
measurement of force, torque, and pressure in cars and
mechanical industries.

 Magnetostrictive position sensors are used in industrial


applications involving high cycle rates, such as
injection molding machines and hydraulic cylinders.
They also suit long-stroke applications such as those
found in material handling, grinding machines, lumber
mills and machine tools.
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