EP0007963A1 - Method and device for measuring or detecting a mechanical change of state or its time derivative - Google Patents

Method and device for measuring or detecting a mechanical change of state or its time derivative

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EP0007963A1
EP0007963A1 EP78900287A EP78900287A EP0007963A1 EP 0007963 A1 EP0007963 A1 EP 0007963A1 EP 78900287 A EP78900287 A EP 78900287A EP 78900287 A EP78900287 A EP 78900287A EP 0007963 A1 EP0007963 A1 EP 0007963A1
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Leif Jilken
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    • G01LMEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/12Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress
    • G01L1/125Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress by using magnetostrictive means
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01LMEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/12Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in the magnetic properties of materials resulting from the application of stress
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  • the present invention relates to a method for measuring or detecting a change in the mechanical state such as a change in the mechanical load, yielding, initiation or propagation of cracks, separation within the material or vibration or a change in the mechanical state with respect to time in a body showing magnetostrictive effects, when, under the influence of a driving magnetic force (H), an associated magnetic flux is generated in at least a part of the body, on which flux the change in the mechanical state via the magnetization (M) of the body acts a measurable or detectable disturbance.
  • H driving magnetic force
  • M magnetization
  • the invention relates also to a device for carrying out the method.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate the above mentioned double dependence of the magnetization so that it only depends on the change in the mechanical state. This is achieved by keeping the magnetizing force (H 0 ) and the average length (l) of the magnetic circuit essentially constant and independent of the change in the mechanical state when measuring or detecting.
  • the flux consists partly of a main flux ( ⁇ 0 ) associated with the driving magnetic force (H 0 ) having a definite direction and being of such a magnitude that the magnetic properties of the body depart from the region of irreversibility, and partly of a superposed alternating flux ( ⁇ v ) which gradually vanishes.
  • This alternating flux must have such an initial magnitude that saturation is achieved in the two directions of the alternating flux ( ⁇ v ⁇ , i e so that in a way known per se a point on the anhysteretic curve is reached when the alternating flux ( ⁇ v ) has vanished.
  • the disturbance which is generated by the change in the mechanical state is registered as a voltage which in turn is induced by the change in the flux corresponding to disturbance.
  • Fig 1 shows schematically a device which is operated according to the invention when measuring a change in the mechanical state of a loaded body.
  • Fig 2 shows by solid lines one half of the magnetizing curve for a ferromagnetic solid and by dashed lines the corresponding part of the anhysteretic curve of the body.
  • Fig 3 is an enlarged part of Fig 2 illustrating how, for a given value H 0 of the driving magnetizing force, the magnetic flux ⁇ can assume a number of values, three of which are specially indicated in the figure.
  • Fig 4 shows with three curves how.the magnetic flux in a body varies with time, when the body is subjected to triangular mechanical load pulses.
  • the intermediate one of the curves is related to a measuring procedure according to the invention and the others to conventional measuring procedures.
  • Fig 5 shows in detail one embodiment of a device according to the invention and intended for measurements on a round specimen.
  • Fig 6 shows in a projection a device to the invention for measuring on a notched threepoint bend specimen, which is subjected to bending forces.
  • the ferromagnetic body 1 is a test specimen, which is subjected to mechanical stress due to tension,. compression or torsion, as is indicated by the arrows 2, acting individually or in combination as tension-torsion or compression-torsion.
  • the stresses give rise to a change in the mechanical state of the specimen which can encompass elastic and plastic deformation, separation within the material, crack initiation , crack propagation and even fracture . It should be mentioned that a change in the mechanical state also can arise from thermal stresses.
  • yokes 3 one of which is shown in the figure, carrying a primary coil 4 and a secondary coil 5.
  • a current is produced, which in turn generates the magnetizing force.
  • This generates a flux through a magnetic circuit, which consists of the yoke 3 and a part of the specimen 1.
  • the yoke shall be arranged in such a way in relation to the specimen that the magnetic circuit is essentially free from air gaps and so that the yoke is not affected by the stress. This can be achieved by letting the yoke 3 slide along the specimen 1. It is obvious that the coils may be placed anywhere along the magnetic circuit. The location of the coils is determined by practical considerations only. In order to achieve a symmetrical flux a number of parallel yokes should be used.
  • both the magnetizing force, in the following named H 0 , and the average length l of the magnetic circuit shall be kept essentially constant and independent of the change in the mechanical state.
  • the average length l is kept constant by allowing at least one of the two shanks of the yoke to slide along the specimen.
  • the magnetizing force H 0 is kept constant by feeding the coil 4 with a constant direct current. This current is obtained by a divider of a voltage U by use of a potentiometer 9.
  • each value of the magnetizing force H 0 corresponds to a number of values of the flux ⁇ , two of which, a and b, have been marked on the hysteresis curve of the body and one, c, on the anhysteretic curve.
  • c is the one which corresponds to the value of the flux ⁇ at which the specimen has reached its lowest electromagnetic energy for the given value H 0 of the driving magnetizing force.
  • an alternating flux ⁇ v which gradually vanishes, is therefore superposed.
  • This flux is produced by a generator 11 which supplies a voltage u, decreasing with time to the summation point 10 in the unit 6, Fig 1.
  • the object of the alternating flux ⁇ v is to bring the tested body to reach an initial state which is stable from an electromagnetic point of view. This will be the case if one starts from the anhysteretic curve.
  • This curve relates , as contrasted to the hysteresis curve, the magnetization M unambiguously to the magnetizing force H. Furthermore, from a magnetic point of view, a departure must be made from the irreversible region of the body.
  • a triangular-shaped voltage u is fed to the summation point 10 in the unit 6, Fig 1.
  • the hysteresis curve is then registered and from it a suitable value of the driving magnetizing force H 0 is selected beyond the above mentioned region.
  • the detection can be performed according to the invention.
  • the 'point c in Figs 2 and 3 corresponds to the value of the flux ⁇ at which the body assumes its lowest state of electromagnetic energy at the magnetizing force H 0 .
  • values of the magnetizing force there are of course corresponding values of the flux, which are to be found from the anhysteresis curve of the body.
  • the mean value of the curve is time invariant during one or more cycles. This is obviously not the case for the two earlier described outer curves which illustrate measurements according to known methods.
  • the mean value of these curves is not constant but tends towards the mean value of the intermediate curve. This could be explained by the supposition that energy is required for bringing the flux at points a and b to the same level as at c. This energy is taken from the change in the mechanical state which consequently cannot be stably reproduced in time through studies of the mangetic flux.
  • the change in flux generated by the change in the mechanical state and detected by the measuring coil 5 as a voltage can be used in a number of ways by the indicator unit 8 as illustrated in Fig 1.
  • a signal is obtained at output A proportional to this voltage as well as at output B corresponding to the time integral of the voltage.
  • C and D signals are obtained corresponding to the voltage after passage of a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter, respectively, and integration.
  • the voltage can be treated in other ways e g being digitized.
  • Figs 5 and 6 components having the same or corresponding functioning as those in Fig 1 have been given the same reference numbers as in Fig 1.
  • the body 1 is a conventional cylindrical test specimen where the deformations occur mainly in the waisted section, assuming that its diameter is considerably smaller than the other parts of the specimen.
  • the primary coil 4 and the secondary coil 5 are wound on a tube-shaped coil core 13 with end walls.
  • the central hole of the coil core is of such a size as to allow an easy penetration of the body.
  • the coil 4 and 5 are protected by a cover 14.
  • the positioning of the coils 4, 5 was chosen to obtain as small a leakage and as homogeneous a flux as possible.
  • To obtain a symmetric flux through the body 1 a number of yokes 3 have been placed symmetrically around the coil core. These are U-shaped plates intended to slide in radially arranged slits in the end walls of the coil core 13.
  • the body 1 can slide relatively free in the central hole of the coil core 13 which leads to a constant average length of the magnetic circuit independent of the applied mechanical loads.
  • the yokes 3 are held in place during the measurement by magnetic forces between the yokes and the body. When measuring is not performed the yokes can be secured by e g elastic strings or hoops closing the yokes.
  • the body 1 is a conventional threepoint bend specimen having a rectangular cross section.
  • a notch 15 In the center of the specimen is a notch 15.
  • the primary and secondary coils 4 and 5 are placed on yokes 3, of which only one is shown in Fig 6.
  • the yokes are placed symmetrically with respect to the notch on the longitudinal sides adjoining the upper side.
  • the specimen is loaded with forces as is showed by arrows in the figure so that the specimen is mainly subjected to bending stresses.
  • the forces P/2 are applied from above symmetrically with respect to the notch 15 and the force P acts from below at the notch 15.
  • the stress must not influence the average length of the flux.
  • the yokes 3 are slidably arranged relative to the specimen. The measuring should be carried out as is described above in connection with Fig 1.
  • the measuring method can, as is stated in the appended patent claims, be used in many measuring applciations .
  • an arbitrary magnetizable body e g a stay crutch, a beam, a rod or a plate acted upon by a load
  • the change in the mechanical state due to the load can be -measured.
  • the presumptions for this is that one starts from a point on the anhysteresis curve of the body and that the average length of the flux is not affected by the load.
  • the main magnetic flux has in the applications above been generated by use of. one or more primary coils, but can, as is apparent from a special characteristic of the invention, also be produced by permanent magnets. These are arranged in such a way that the main flux is constant.

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Abstract

On decrit un procede de mesure d'un changement d'etat mecanique qui consiste a detecter la perturbation d'un flux magnetique (o) induite par ce changement d'etat. Ce flux traverse au moins une partie du corps (1) sous l'influence d'une force magnetique (Ho). Afin d'obtenir un resultat de mesure sans ambiguite, on maintient la longueur moyenne () du circuit magnetique constante et independante du changement d'etat mecanique. Le flux (o) comprend d'une part un flux principal (o0) possedant une direction determinee et dont l'intensite est telle que les proprietes magnetiques du corps different de la region d'irreversibilite, et d'autre part un flux (ov) alternatif disparaissant progressivement, qui se superpose au flux principal. Le flux alternatif doit presenter une amplitude initiale telle que la saturation est atteinte dans les deux directions du flux alternatif (ov). Apres extinction du flux alternatif (ov), la perturbation provoquee par le changement d'etat mecanique est indiquee ou enregistree comme tension induite par la variation de flux correspondant a la perturbation. Un dispositif fonctionnant selon ce principe comprend des moyens pour produire le flux (o) traversant le corps (1) qui est dispose de facon a former un circuit magnetique a l'aide d'au moins une de ses parties. Ce circuit doit etre substantiellement exempt de lacunes d'air et posseder une longueur moyenne ((Alpha)) pour la force magnetique (Ho) qui est independante du changement d'etat mecanique. Le dispositif est concu de facon a diriger d'une part le flux principal (o0) et d'autre part le flux alternatif (ov) superpose a travers le circuit magnetique. La variation de flux correspondant a la perturbation provoquee par le changement d'etat est detectee a l'aide d'une bobine (5) connectee a un dispositif (8) de mesure ou d'indication.A method for measuring a change in mechanical state is described which consists in detecting the disturbance of a magnetic flux (o) induced by this change of state. This flow passes through at least part of the body (1) under the influence of a magnetic force (Ho). In order to obtain an unambiguous measurement result, the average length () of the magnetic circuit is kept constant and independent of the change in mechanical state. The flow (o) comprises on the one hand a main flow (o0) having a determined direction and whose intensity is such that the magnetic properties of the body differ from the region of irreversibility, and on the other hand a flow (ov ) alternative gradually disappearing, which is superimposed on the main flow. The alternating flow must have an initial amplitude such that saturation is reached in both directions of the alternating flow (ov). After extinction of the alternating flow (ov), the disturbance caused by the change of mechanical state is indicated or recorded as tension induced by the variation of flow corresponding to the disturbance. A device operating according to this principle comprises means for producing the flux (o) passing through the body (1) which is arranged so as to form a magnetic circuit using at least one of its parts. This circuit must be substantially free of air gaps and have an average length ((Alpha)) for the magnetic force (Ho) which is independent of the change of mechanical state. The device is designed to direct on the one hand the main flux (o0) and on the other hand the alternating flux (ov) superimposed through the magnetic circuit. The variation in flow corresponding to the disturbance caused by the change of state is detected using a coil (5) connected to a device (8) for measurement or indication.

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Method for measuring or detecting a change in the mechanical state or its time derivative Technical field
The present invention relates to a method for measuring or detecting a change in the mechanical state such as a change in the mechanical load, yielding, initiation or propagation of cracks, separation within the material or vibration or a change in the mechanical state with respect to time in a body showing magnetostrictive effects, when, under the influence of a driving magnetic force (H), an associated magnetic flux is generated in at least a part of the body, on which flux the change in the mechanical state via the magnetization (M) of the body acts a measurable or detectable disturbance. The invention relates also to a device for carrying out the method.
Background art
Ever since Joule for the first time demonstrated the magnetostriction in 1842 and Villari the inverse phenomenon in 1865, the so called Villari effect, many measuring devices and methods have been suggested which have utilized the coupling between the magnetic flux and the change in the mechanical state. Common to all known such measuring devices and methods is that the average length of the magnetic circuit is allowed to -vary with the change in the mechanical state. As is known, the magnetizing force is inversely proportional to this average length. Since the magnetization apart from the change in the mechanical state as well as variations in the average length of the magnetic circuit in these measuring devices.
The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above mentioned double dependence of the magnetization so that it only depends on the change in the mechanical state. This is achieved by keeping the magnetizing force (H0) and the average length (ℓ) of the magnetic circuit essentially constant and independent of the change in the mechanical state when measuring or detecting. The flux consists partly of a main flux (Φ0) associated with the driving magnetic force (H0) having a definite direction and being of such a magnitude that the magnetic properties of the body depart from the region of irreversibility, and partly of a superposed alternating flux (Φv) which gradually vanishes. This alternating flux must have such an initial magnitude that saturation is achieved in the two directions of the alternating flux (ΦvΦ, i e so that in a way known per se a point on the anhysteretic curve is reached when the alternating flux (Φv) has vanished. After the vanishing of the alternating flux (Φv), the disturbance which is generated by the change in the mechanical state, is registered as a voltage which in turn is induced by the change in the flux corresponding to disturbance. Description of the figures
The invention will be described in more detail in the following with reference to the appended drawing on which Fig 1 shows schematically a device which is operated according to the invention when measuring a change in the mechanical state of a loaded body. Fig 2 shows by solid lines one half of the magnetizing curve for a ferromagnetic solid and by dashed lines the corresponding part of the anhysteretic curve of the body. Fig 3 is an enlarged part of Fig 2 illustrating how, for a given value H0 of the driving magnetizing force, the magnetic flux Φ can assume a number of values, three of which are specially indicated in the figure. Fig 4 shows with three curves how.the magnetic flux in a body varies with time, when the body is subjected to triangular mechanical load pulses. The intermediate one of the curves is related to a measuring procedure according to the invention and the others to conventional measuring procedures. Fig 5 shows in detail one embodiment of a device according to the invention and intended for measurements on a round specimen. Fig 6 shows in a projection a device to the invention for measuring on a notched threepoint bend specimen, which is subjected to bending forces.
Des cript io n o f a pr ef erred em bo diment
In Fig 1, the ferromagnetic body 1 is a test specimen, which is subjected to mechanical stress due to tension,. compression or torsion, as is indicated by the arrows 2, acting individually or in combination as tension-torsion or compression-torsion. The stresses give rise to a change in the mechanical state of the specimen which can encompass elastic and plastic deformation, separation within the material, crack initiation , crack propagation and even fracture . It should be mentioned that a change in the mechanical state also can arise from thermal stresses. For measurements or detections of changes in the mechanical state in the body, it is provided with a number of yokes 3, one of which is shown in the figure, carrying a primary coil 4 and a secondary coil 5. By use of a voltage generator 6, connected via a voltage/current transformer 7 to the primary coil 4, a current is produced, which in turn generates the magnetizing force. This generates a flux through a magnetic circuit, which consists of the yoke 3 and a part of the specimen 1. The yoke shall be arranged in such a way in relation to the specimen that the magnetic circuit is essentially free from air gaps and so that the yoke is not affected by the stress. This can be achieved by letting the yoke 3 slide along the specimen 1. It is obvious that the coils may be placed anywhere along the magnetic circuit. The location of the coils is determined by practical considerations only. In order to achieve a symmetrical flux a number of parallel yokes should be used.
The change in the mechanical state acts, via the magnetizing of the body (in the sequel denoted by M), as a disturbance on the flux Φ, which is detected by the secondary coil 5 and indicated on an indicating unit 8 connected to the coil. According to the invention both the magnetizing force, in the following named H0, and the average length ℓ of the magnetic circuit shall be kept essentially constant and independent of the change in the mechanical state. As mentioned earlier the average length ℓ is kept constant by allowing at least one of the two shanks of the yoke to slide along the specimen. The magnetizing force H0 is kept constant by feeding the coil 4 with a constant direct current. This current is obtained by a divider of a voltage U by use of a potentiometer 9. Via a summation point 10 in the voltage generator 6 the voltage is applied to the converter 7, where the voltage is transformed to the constant current. As can be seen from Fig 2 each value of the magnetizing force H0 corresponds to a number of values of the flux Φ, two of which, a and b, have been marked on the hysteresis curve of the body and one, c, on the anhysteretic curve. Of said points, c is the one which corresponds to the value of the flux φ at which the specimen has reached its lowest electromagnetic energy for the given value H0 of the driving magnetizing force.
If one, as in known measuring or indicating methods, starting from point a or b, tries to measure e g a sawtooth shaped cyclically varying mechanical load acting on the specimen 1, the flux would vary as is illustrated by the two outer curves in Fig 4, i e the flux is not equal in two corresponding points of two consecutive load cycles. The change in the mechanic state which is caused in the body by the load can thus not be unambiguously determined from the disturbance of the flux from the load.
According to the invention at the beginning of the measuring an alternating flux Φv, which gradually vanishes, is therefore superposed. This flux is produced by a generator 11 which supplies a voltage u, decreasing with time to the summation point 10 in the unit 6, Fig 1. The object of the alternating flux Φv is to bring the tested body to reach an initial state which is stable from an electromagnetic point of view. This will be the case if one starts from the anhysteretic curve. This curve relates , as contrasted to the hysteresis curve, the magnetization M unambiguously to the magnetizing force H. Furthermore, from a magnetic point of view, a departure must be made from the irreversible region of the body. In order to determine the value of the driving magnetizing force at which this happens, a triangular-shaped voltage u is fed to the summation point 10 in the unit 6, Fig 1. The hysteresis curve is then registered and from it a suitable value of the driving magnetizing force H0 is selected beyond the above mentioned region. Hereafter the detection can be performed according to the invention.
As has been mentioned, the 'point c in Figs 2 and 3 corresponds to the value of the flux Φ at which the body assumes its lowest state of electromagnetic energy at the magnetizing force H0. For other values of the magnetizing force there are of course corresponding values of the flux, which are to be found from the anhysteresis curve of the body. When according to the invention measuring the response of the flux to a mechanical load, i e the variation with time of the flux as a function of the load acting on the body, and starting from an electromagnetically stable, initial value, one finds that the flux is a unambiguous function of the load, When, for instance, the load has a saw-tooth shape the flux varies as illustrated by the intermediate curve in Fig 4. For this curve the change of flux is equal in corresponding points in two identical and consecutive load cycles.
The mean value of the curve is time invariant during one or more cycles. This is obviously not the case for the two earlier described outer curves which illustrate measurements according to known methods. The mean value of these curves is not constant but tends towards the mean value of the intermediate curve. This could be explained by the supposition that energy is required for bringing the flux at points a and b to the same level as at c. This energy is taken from the change in the mechanical state which consequently cannot be stably reproduced in time through studies of the mangetic flux. The change in flux generated by the change in the mechanical state and detected by the measuring coil 5 as a voltage, can be used in a number of ways by the indicator unit 8 as illustrated in Fig 1. A signal is obtained at output A proportional to this voltage as well as at output B corresponding to the time integral of the voltage. At exits C and D signals are obtained corresponding to the voltage after passage of a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter, respectively, and integration. Depending on the subsequent evaluation of the measurement the voltage can be treated in other ways e g being digitized.
In Figs 5 and 6 components having the same or corresponding functioning as those in Fig 1 have been given the same reference numbers as in Fig 1. In Fig 5 the body 1 is a conventional cylindrical test specimen where the deformations occur mainly in the waisted section, assuming that its diameter is considerably smaller than the other parts of the specimen. The primary coil 4 and the secondary coil 5 are wound on a tube-shaped coil core 13 with end walls. The central hole of the coil core is of such a size as to allow an easy penetration of the body. The coil 4 and 5 are protected by a cover 14. The positioning of the coils 4, 5 was chosen to obtain as small a leakage and as homogeneous a flux as possible. To obtain a symmetric flux through the body 1 a number of yokes 3 have been placed symmetrically around the coil core. These are U-shaped plates intended to slide in radially arranged slits in the end walls of the coil core 13.
The body 1 can slide relatively free in the central hole of the coil core 13 which leads to a constant average length of the magnetic circuit independent of the applied mechanical loads. The yokes 3 are held in place during the measurement by magnetic forces between the yokes and the body. When measuring is not performed the yokes can be secured by e g elastic strings or hoops closing the yokes.
Alter nati ve em bod im nt .
In Fig 6 the body 1 is a conventional threepoint bend specimen having a rectangular cross section. In the center of the specimen is a notch 15. The primary and secondary coils 4 and 5 are placed on yokes 3, of which only one is shown in Fig 6. The yokes are placed symmetrically with respect to the notch on the longitudinal sides adjoining the upper side.
During the measurement the specimen is loaded with forces as is showed by arrows in the figure so that the specimen is mainly subjected to bending stresses. The forces P/2 are applied from above symmetrically with respect to the notch 15 and the force P acts from below at the notch 15. According to the invention, the stress must not influence the average length of the flux. Hence, the yokes 3 are slidably arranged relative to the specimen. The measuring should be carried out as is described above in connection with Fig 1.
It is obvious that the invention must not be considered to be limited to the embodiments described and is illustrated above. On the contrary the measuring method can, as is stated in the appended patent claims, be used in many measuring applciations . With one or more yokes, provided with primary and secondary coils, and applied to an arbitrary magnetizable body, e g a stay crutch, a beam, a rod or a plate acted upon by a load, the change in the mechanical state due to the load can be -measured. The presumptions for this is that one starts from a point on the anhysteresis curve of the body and that the average length of the flux is not affected by the load.
The main magnetic flux has in the applications above been generated by use of. one or more primary coils, but can, as is apparent from a special characteristic of the invention, also be produced by permanent magnets. These are arranged in such a way that the main flux is constant.
For measurements of the flux, solutions other than the above described secondary coil are possible. For this purpose e g a so-called Hall element can be used.

Claims

1. Method for measuring or detecting a change in the mechanical state such as a change in the mechanical load, yielding, crack initiation, crack propagation, separation within the material or vibration or the time derivative of the change in the mechanical state in a body showing magnetostrictive effects, when, under the influence of a driving magnetizing force (H) an associated magnetic flux is generated in at least a part of the body, on which flux the change in the mechanical state via the magnetization (M) acts as a measurable or detectable disturbance, characterized in that the driving magnetizing force (H0) and the average length ( ℓ ) of the magnetic circuit are kept essentially constant and independent of the change in the mechanical state. The flux consists partly of a main flux (Φ0) associated with the driving magnetizing force (H0) having a definite direction and being of such a magnitude that the magnetic properties of the body depart from the region of irreversibility and partly of an alternating gradually vanishing flux (Φv) superposed upon the main flux. The alternating flux must have such an initial magnitude that saturation is obtained in both directions of the alternating flux (Φv), i e so that, in a way known per se a point on the anhysteretic curve of the body is reached when the alternating flux (Φv) has vanished. After this the disturbance generated through the change in the mechanical state is indicated or registered as a voltage, which is induced by the change in flux corresponding to the disturbance.
Device for carrying out the method according to claim 1 comprising means for generating the flux in the body, characterized in that said means is arranged to form a magnetic circuit with at least a part of the body which .circuit is essentially free from air gaps and has an average length (ℓ) which is independent of the change in the mechanical state, and to drive partly the main flux (Φ0) and partly the superposed alternating flux (Φv) that device comprises a system of coils connected to a measuring or indicating equipment which is arranged to detect the change in the flux.
3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that said means comprises a system of coils with yokes which together with the body forms the magnetic circuit and a current generator which is arranged to supply the system of coils with partly a direct current corresponding to the main flux and partly a with time vanishing alternating current corresponding to the vanishing alternating flux.
4. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that said means comprises a system of permanent magnets for generating the main flux.
5. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the yoke or yokes are slidably arranged on the body,
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