Materials Science Forum, Vol.408-4, 1049-1054, 2002
Magnetic properties of Fe-3%Si sheets having ideal orientations
The anisotropy independent energy E-0, the anisotropy constants K-4 and K-6 obtained from our previous work were applied to calculate various magnetic properties in the sample directions perpendicular to the sheet normal. The textures of Fe-3%Si steel sheets having ideal texture components were simulated by an assumption of the Gaussian orientation distribution around an ideal orientation. The samples having the prominent textures display a distinct easy direction parallel to <100> and hard directions parallel to <110> and <111>. Preferred orientations along the y-fiber texture lead to a planar isotropic magnetic properties. Enhancement of the magnetic induction was obtained in the steel sheets consisting of either the Cube texture or the alpha-fiber orientations.