Exploring Magnetic Behavior of Soft Iron in Various Angles Relative to Measurement Points
This study, conducted by Michael Stanley on March 4, 2011, examines the magnetic properties of soft iron when fixed relative to a measurement point, under varied angles from 0° to 160° and 180° to 340°. Using the FEMM 4.2 software, we simulate the magnetic plots to visualize the distortion characteristics in a consistent ambient magnetic field. The analysis is supported by an associated animation demonstrating the rotation of soft iron in relation to the measurement point. The research is under a Creative Commons License and acknowledges David Meeker for his contributions.
Exploring Magnetic Behavior of Soft Iron in Various Angles Relative to Measurement Points
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|B| vs Angle Soft Iron Fixed Relative to Measurement Point. Both are rotated together in the ambient field. Michael Stanley, 4 March 2011
80 100 60 120 40 140 20 160 0 |B| vs Angle 180 340 200 320 300 220 240 280 260 Figure 2 Soft Iron Fixed Relative to Measurement Point. Both are rotated together in the ambient field. Michael Stanley, 4 March 2011
Animation Soft Iron Fixed Relative to Measurement Point. Both are rotated together in the ambient field. Michael Stanley, 4 March 2011
License & Recognition The figure entitled "Soft Iron Fixed Relative to Measurement Point" and associated animation by Freescale Semiconductor are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The magnetic plots in this figure were simulated using the free FEMM 4.2 "Finite Element Method Magnetics" program which is distributed under the terms of the Aladdin Free Public License. You can download FEMM 4.2 from http://www.femm.info/wiki/HomePage. The author would like to thank David Meeker, Ph.D. for making FEMM 4.2 publicly available, and providing examples and advice as the to best way to use the program to model soft iron distortion.
