Investigation of a measurement method of 2-D magnetic properties by means of 1-D single sheet tester.

Although two-dimensional (2-D) magnetic properties can be measured by using a 2-D single sheet tester (SST), the construction of the reliable 2-D SST is considerably difficult. By contrast, the flux density and magnetic field parallel to the excitation direction can be measured in a normal one-dimensional (1-D) SST. If the average flux density points toward the excitation direction in a specimen with any inclination angle from its rolling direction, the magnetic energy can be defined and therefore 2-D magnetic properties can be calculated by means of an energy-based modelling method. However, the direction of the flux density and magnetic field in the 1-D SST has not been deeply discussed when a specimen with any inclination angle is measured. In this paper, the behavior of the flux density and the magnetic field strength is examined by using 1-D SST. The direction of the flux density is measured by using a pair of cross B-coils. The direction of the magnetic field strength is measured by using a pair of cross H-coils. The effect of the specimen width on the distribution of flux density is also investigated by using a magnetic field analysis. As a result, when a pair of cross H-coils is adopted to a specimen with appropriate aspect ratio, 2-D magnetic properties can be measured by means of the 1-D SST. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]