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MAGMA at the International Workshop on One and Two Dimensional Magnetic Measurement and Testing

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MAGMA at the International Workshop on One and Two Dimensional Magnetic Measurement and Testing

Posted on 23 September 2021 by Kevin Jones

The 16th edition of the 1DM and 2DM international workshop will be taking place 29th - 30th September 2021 virtually and the MAGMA team are going to have a big […]

Activities

MAGMA at the Cardiff Subatomic Circus

Posted on 9 September 2021 by Kevin Jones

Welcome back to the MAGMA blog! It's been a while since the last post mostly due to members of the team having a break over the summer. We did, however, […]

Activities

MAGMA Launch Event – Catch Up

Posted on 21 July 2021 by Kevin Jones

Good afternoon from a very hot Cardiff. It has been two weeks since we had our virtual launch event, so we thought it would be a good time to highlight […]

Research

Microstructural Magnetic Modelling of Magnetic Anisotropy Considering Crystallographic Texture by Dr Jun Liu

Posted on 30 June 2021 by Kevin Jones

A paradox regarding tensor permeability approaches for considering texture effects on magnetic anisotropy is solved. That is, a magnetic permeability tensor satisfying all the cubic crystal symmetries of steels must […]

 
MAGMA Virtual Launch Event 7th July 2021

MAGMA Virtual Launch Event 7th July 2021

Posted on 15 June 2021 by Kevin Jones

It is only three weeks now until we host our virtual launch event, so I thought it would be a good time to show what we are planning to do. […]

Fault Current Limiter surge protection concept based on a permanent magnet biased core by Jeremy Hall and Faris Al-Naemi

Fault Current Limiter surge protection concept based on a permanent magnet biased core by Jeremy Hall and Faris Al-Naemi

Posted on 25 May 2021 by Kevin Jones

Introduction A new magnetic structure is described, based on interacting AC and DC fluxes in a device comprising permanent magnets and soft magnetic alloy cores in a novel, highly efficient […]

Loss due to Transverse Field in Grain-oriented Steels Considering Anisotropy Based on Modified RSS by Shuaichao Yue

Loss due to Transverse Field in Grain-oriented Steels Considering Anisotropy Based on Modified RSS by Shuaichao Yue

Posted on 11 May 2021 by Kevin Jones

Introduction The transverse flux and associated losses have been proven to exist even when electrical steel is magnetized longitudinally. This blog presents a systematic analysis of loss properties of 0.23mm […]

Thinner Electrical Steels Are Coming Sooner Than You Think – Alexander Washbourne

Thinner Electrical Steels Are Coming Sooner Than You Think – Alexander Washbourne

Posted on 28 April 2021 by washbourneaj

A glimpse of the WMM’20 9th International Conference on Magnetism and Metallurgy, November 3rd - 5th, 2020 As an EngD student of Cardiff University’s MAGMA Research Group I was fortunate […]

Understanding the degradation of soft magnetic materials through the manufacturing process of electric motors

Understanding the degradation of soft magnetic materials through the manufacturing process of electric motors

Posted on 17 March 2021 by Philip Anderson

There is an unprecedented level of interest in soft magnetic materials which make up the cores of motors largely driven (excuse the pun) by developments in areas such as more […]

Exploring Magnetism Guiding Cymru Challenge Badge

Exploring Magnetism Guiding Cymru Challenge Badge

Posted on 1 March 2021 by Kevin Jones

Happy St David's Day / Dydd gwyl dewi hapus! It's the first day of March and the sun has been out all weekend. Spring is finally underway after a very […]