40862 2017 eng 263 265 conferenceobject DVM Deutscher Verband für Materialforschung und -prüfung Berlin, Germany 0 -- -- -- It is widely known that the magnetic domain structure of stress-sensitive ferromagnetic materials may be altered by external or internal mechanical stresses due to magnetoelastic effects. In this contribution, localized magnetic domain changes arising from inhomogeneous deformation and multiaxial loading conditions are imaged by the Bitter method for the first time. It is demonstrated that these domain changes provide deformation-related information and thus, allow for the visualization of macroscopic strain gradients in fine-grained polycrystalline steels, while keeping a sufficient spatial resolution. This approach has been developed within the framework of BAM-MI-project “MICRONET”. LCF8 Eighth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue 978-3-9814516-5-8 LCF8 Eighth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue Dresden, Germany 27.06.2017 29.06.2017 Nadja Sonntag Birgit Skrotzki eng uncontrolled Bitter method eng uncontrolled Magnetic domains eng uncontrolled Strain gradients Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") Graue Literatur