An incremental permeability detection method for yield strength of ferromagnetic materials based on permanent magnet excitation

In this paper, in order to meet the engineering requirements of mechanical properties detection of materials with low power consumption, a novel incremental permeability detection system based on permanent magnet excitation is proposed to reduce system power consumption. Initially, a new incremental permeability sensor was designed to extract magnetic incremental permeability (MIP) signal. Through finite element simulation, experimental parameters were optimised, and a rational arrangement of double permanent magnets was devised to furnish an optimally strong AC bias field intensity. Subsequently, a practical detection platform was assembled to extract electromagnetic signal features. From the perspective of domain wall displacement, a characteristic value θ was proposed to predict the yield strength, with experimental results yielding a relative error of less than ±10%. These experiments have validated the capability of permanent magnet-type MIP to enable quantitative detection of the yield strength in ferromagnetic materials.