Self-Similarity in Magnetocaloric Metamagnets with First-Order Ferro-to-Paramagnetic Phase Transition

The motivation of this dissertation is to gain a better understanding of the underlying principle behind the behavior of the magnetocaloric metamagnets by tying together the mixed-state phenomenon with the self-similarity phenomenon to describe the metamagnetic behavior. This description will extend the self-similarity phenomenon to first-order magnetocaloric materials and opens the possibilities of incorporating new insights into: i) analytical characterization of the mixed-phase within magnetocaloric materials, ii) modeling of metamagnetism in first-order magnetocaloric material, iii) model for testing first-order magnetocaloric refrigerants without extensive data set.

Author

• Jin, Yi

Language

• en

Keyword

• Magnetocaloric
• Self-Similarity
• Metamagnets
• Magnetism

Date created

• 2013

Type of Work

• Dissertation

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Electrical Engineering

Degree

• Ph.D.

Advisor

• Bennett, Lawrence H
• Della Torre, Edward

Committee Member(s)

• Pardavi-Horvath, Martha
• Provenzano, Virgil
• Korman, Can

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/1831ck127