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A Coupled Magnetic-Elastic-Thermal Free-Energy Model with Hysteretic Nonlinearity for Terfenol-D Rods

Tian-Zhong Wang¹, You-He Zhou^1,2

1 Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Ministry of Education of China, and Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People’sRepublic of China.
2 Corresponding author: Tel:86-0931-8910340; Fax: 86-0931-8625576; E-mail: zhouyh@lzu.edu.cn