Effect of uniaxial stress on magnetic property of laminated amorphous sheets up to kilohertz range

Amorphous alloys are widely used as the core material for motors and transformers, which are subjected to stresses during manufacturing and operation processes. For instance, the compressive stress can influence the magnetic properties of amorphous alloys which leads to local overheating in the device and reduce the reliability. A high-frequency magnetizer with a stress application unit is designed and constructed to investigate the magnetic properties of amorphous alloys up to kilohertz range under stress conditions. The amorphous alloy sheets will fracture under stress because of their poor ductility and brittleness, so this paper uses laminated amorphous alloy sheets as the sample. The hysteresis loops and loss characteristics of amorphous alloys under stress ranging from 20 MPa tensile stress to 20 MPa compressive stress at a frequency of 50 Hz to 4 kHz are investigated. This research can provide data support for the design of cores in electromagnetic devices.