Measurement and Modeling of 2-D Magnetostriction of Nonoriented Electrical Steel

Magnetostriction of nonoriented electrical steel was measured under rotating flux magnetization conditions which occur in AC electrical machine stator cores, and compared with the magnetostriction calculated from a model based on a mechanical elasticity analogy. Shear magnetostriction and magnetostriction perpendicular to the magnetization direction are accounted for in the model which leads to an accurate representation of magnetostriction throughout the electrical steel lamination plane. This has the potential for improving the accuracy of stator core deformation and vibration calculations.