Computation of effective non‐linear inelastic properties of magnetostrictive composites

The present paper focuses on the determination of effective magneto‐mechanical properties of magnetostrictive composite materials in consideration of their microscopic morphologies. For this purpose, a homogenization procedure involving a two‐scale transition is applied, where representative volume elements ( ${\cal RVE}$ s) on the microscopic level are used. In order to obtain characteristic non‐linear and hysteretic magnetization and magnetostrictive strain curves, we implemented a dissipative material model into the homogenization framework. (© 2014 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)