The article presents measurement methods serving to determine electric and magnetic properties of rails (60E1) used to construct railroad turnouts. Knowledge of a rail's electric and magnetic properties is necessary to analyse the phenomena in the rail's internal structure when under impact of a powerful electromagnetic field. The electric and magnetic properties will also help to develop a simulation model of Turnhout induction heating in 2D and 3D space.
A temperature dependent model is necessary for the generation of hysteresis loops of ferromagnetic materials. In this study, a physical model based on the Jiles-Atherton model has been developed to study the effect of temperature on the magnetic hysteresis loop. The thermal effects were included through a model of behavior depending on the temperature parameters Ms and k of the Jiles-Atherton model. The temperaturedependent Jiles-Atherton model was validated through measurements made on ferrite material (3F3). The results have been found to be in good agreement with the model.