Computation of hysteresis and closure domains in micromagnetism

Michel J. M. Bernadou; Song He

doi:10.1117/12.316330

24 July 1998 Computation of hysteresis and closure domains in micromagnetism

Michel J. M. Bernadou, Song He

Proceedings Volume 3323, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316330
Event: 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we report some results obtained in computational micromagnetism, particularly the numerical approximation of hysteresis phenomenon and the numerical approximation of closure domains. We successively consider a brief recall about micromagnetism, a mathematical modelization of a ferromagnetic material by using the total energy functional of the system, a choice of an appropriate functional space and an associated existence theorem, a convenient minimization algorithm based on an augmented Lagrangian method used in combination with an appropriated finite element method. These developments are illustrated upon the study of a piece of a very thin rectangular plate of a ferromagnetic material located in a coplanar unidirectional exterior magnetic field H_est. Under the action of H_est, we compute the internal magnetization of the plate and then, by decreasing step by step the external field from H_maxe_x to -H_maxe_x, we find back numerically two physical phenomena, the hysterisis and the motion of walls of the closure domains.

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Michel J. M. Bernadou and Song He "Computation of hysteresis and closure domains in micromagnetism", Proc. SPIE 3323, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures, (24 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316330

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