This work deals with the study of magnetoelastic coupling in the framework of non-destructive testing. Experimental hysteretic and cyclic piezomagnetic measurements carried out on a dual-phase steel submitted to different magnetic field and stress conditions are reported. The effect of concomitant magnetic field and stress, considering static or variable amplitudes, is discussed. A new multiscale modeling of piezomagnetic hysteresis is finally proposed.

In this research, the evolution of the piezomagnetic field of a low carbon steel under cyclic tensile stress was investigated. The objective was to explore the correlations between piezomagnetic signal measured by a fluxgate magnetometer with progressive changes that take place during the fatigue tests. Experiments show first that the piezomagnetic hysteresis loop changes drastically with the propagation of fatigue crack. A multiscale magneto-elastic model of the piezomagnetic behavior allows secondly the experimental cycles evolution to be explained.