Anisotropic yield and plastic flow of polycrystalline solids

Deformation induced anisotropy in polycrystalline solids results mainly from crystallographic slip due to dislocation motion at the grain level and texture development due to grain rotation at the aggregate level. To describe these characteristics, the so-called scale invariance approach is adopted which allows information and constitutive relations pertaining to single slip to be cast in a form of macroscopic constitutive equations. An orientation distribution function (ODF) and a texture tensor are introduced into the earlier version (based on the hypotheses of single slip at the grain level and isotropic distribution of the crystallites at the aggregate level) of the scale invariance framework to describe texture effects in plastically deformed polycrystals. The texture tensor is calculated either directly through the solution of ODF, or indirectly through an appropriate set of evolution equations for the orientation tensors and the use of a closure approximation. Theoretical predictions for anisotropic yield and plastic flow behavior compare well with available experimental data.     

基于微面有效应力矢量的各向异性屈服准则

基于微面模型,定义损伤变量为微面上有效承载面积的减少. 将Kachanov的一维有效 应力概念推广到三维,提出微面有效应力矢量的概念. 根据微面的有效应力矢量,将无损材 料的宏观应力张量及不变量与微面应力矢量的积分关系拓展到有损材料,得到了有损材料的 宏观有效应力张量及其不变量与宏观名义应力张量、微面面积损伤组构张量之间的关系. 将 无损材料的以应力张量不变量表示的Drucker-Prager准则推广到有损材料,建立了含缺陷 材料的各向异性屈服准则. 对有损材料,宏观有效应力张量与Murakami的有效应力张量具 有相同的形式,各向异性强度准则与Liu等提出的扩展Hill准则有相同的形式,当不考虑 静水应力对屈服的影响时,它与Hill准则具有相同的形式.     

A generating function for the yield criterion of isotropic and anisotropic polycrystalline materials

Summary A yield criterion for elastic pure-plastic polycrystalline materials is generated under simplified conditions by assuming that for yielding a certain fraction Q _c of the total number of slip planes in the material has to be active. This fraction Q _c is called the critical active quantity. We suppose Q _c to be independent of the state of stress. The yield criterion is mathematically expressed as an integral, which is a function of Q _c. This criterion can also be used for anisotropic materials.For isotropic materials the ratio (r) of the yield stress in torsion to that in tension is calculated as a function of Q _c. We find 0.5r0.61.The value r=0.5 (Tresca's criterion) is obtained for Q _c=0 and Q _c=1. The value r=0.577 (von Mises criterion) is obtained for Q _c=0.34 and Q _c=0.79. The difference between two criteria with the same r is the magnitude of the yield stress. We think the value Q _c=0.79 corresponds to the experiments for f.c.c. materials, since a rough estimation gives Q _c>0.75 for yielding.The independence of Q _c on the state of stress brings on that r>0.5 is more probable. This is caused by the slower increase to Q _c in torsion compared with the case of tension.From the theory follows that in the general case (Q _c0) the middle principal stress has influence on yielding.In this paper we don't determine Q _c, but adapt its value to the experimental results. However, a rough estimation of Q _c is given for isotropic materials.     

A multiscale approach for modeling scale-dependent yield stress in polycrystalline metals

Modeling of scale-dependent characteristics of mechanical properties of metal polycrystals is studied using both discrete dislocation dynamics and continuum crystal plasticity. The initial movements of dislocation arc emitted from a Frank-Read type dislocation source and bounded by surrounding grain boundaries are examined by dislocation dynamics analyses system and we find the minimum resolved shear stress for the FR source to emit at least one closed loop. When the grain size is large enough compared to the size of FR source, the minimum resolved shear stress levels off to a certain value, but when the grain size is close to the size of the FR source, the minimum resolved shear stress shows a sharp increase. These results are modeled into the expression of the critical resolved shear stress of slip systems and continuum mechanics based crystal plasticity analyses of six-grained polycrystal models are made. Results of the crystal plasticity analyses show a distinct increase of macro- and microscopic yield stress for specimens with smaller mean grain diameter. Scale-dependent characteristics of the yield stress and its relation to some control parameters are discussed.     

A linearized and unified yield criterion of metals and its application

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An approximate lower bound damage-based yield criterion for porous ductile sheet metals

An approximate lower bound damage-based yield criterion is developed for isotropic porous ductile sheet metals. The matrix of the sheet metals is assumed to be elastic-perfectly plastic and obey the von Mises yield criterion with periodically distributed voids. Gurson’s unit-cell model is simplified to characterize the sheet metals. To accommodate biaxial loading, an approach of stress superposition is adopted for the stress analysis. Numerical results were calculated and compared to Gurson’s extended yield criterion and experimental results.     

Anisotropic plasticity for sheet metals using the concept of combined isotropic-kinematic hardening

Hill's 1948 anisotropic theory of plasticity (Hill, R., 1948. A theory of yielding and plastic flow of anisotropic metals. Proc. Roy. Soc. London A193, 281–297) is extended to include the concept of combined isotropic-kinematic hardening, and the objective of this paper is to validate the model so that it may be useful for analyses of sheet metal forming. Isotropic hardening and kinematic hardening may be experimentally observed in sheet metals, if yielding is defined by the proportional limit or by a small proof strain. In this paper, a single exponential term is used to describe isotropic hardening and Prager's linear kinematic hardening rule is applied for simplicity. It is shown that this model can satisfactorily describe both the yield stress and the plastic strain ratio, the R-ratio, observed in tension test of specimens cut at various angles measured from the rolling direction of the sheet. Kinematic hardening leads to a gradual change in the direction of the plastic strain increment, as the axial strain increases in the tension test; while in the traditional approach for sheet metal, this direction does not change due to the use of isotropic hardening.     

Assessment of crystal plasticity based calculation of the lattice spin of polycrystalline metals for FE implementation

When texture is incorporated in the finite element simulation of a metal forming process, much computer time can be saved by replacing continuous texture and corresponding yield locus updates by intermittent updates after strain intervals of e.g. 20%. The hypothesis that the evolution of the anisotropic properties of a polycrystalline material during such finite interval of plastic deformation can be modelled by just rotating the initial texture instead of continuously updating it by means of a polycrystal deformation model is tested in this work. Two spins for rotating the frame have been assessed: the classical rigid body spin and a crystal plasticity based “Mandel spin” (calculated from the rotated initial texture) which is the average of the spins of all the crystal lattices of the polycrystal. Each of these methods was used to study the evolution of the yield locus and the r-value distribution during the 20% strain interval. The results were compared to those obtained by simulating the texture evolution continuously using a polycrystal deformation model. When the texture was not updated during deformation, it was found that for most initial textures the Mandel spin does not perform better than the rigid body spin, except for some special initial textures for which the Mandel spin is much better. The latter ones are textures which are almost stable for the corresponding strain mode. When the texture was updated after each strain interval of e.g. 20% the Mandel spin performed much better than the rigid body spin.     

A yield criterion for perforated sheets

Summary A criterion of yielding for homogenized materials with an internal structure generated by perforation is developed using the stress and the mixed stress-perforation tensor invariants. For a square pattern of perforation an experimental homogenization procedure is used to determine components of the perforation tensor introduced. A yield condition for the studied materials is proposed and compared with experiments conceived and performed for the purpose.

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Übersicht Es wird ein Fließkriterium entwickelt für Materialien mit durch Perforation erzeugter innerer Struktur. Die Herleitung gründet sich auf gemischte Invarianten von Spannungs- und Perforationstensor. Für ein rechteckiges Perforationsmuster wird eine experimentelle Homogenisierung zur Ermittlung der Komponenten des Perforationstensors durchgeführt. Der vorgeschlagene Fließort wird mit experimentellen Ergebnissen verglichen.

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Dedicated to Prof. Th. Lehmann on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Anisotropic strain hardening in polycrystalline copper and aluminium

A new viscoplastic model for the plastic stress-strain behaviour of f.c.c. metals is presented. In this model the strain hardening results from increasing dislocation densities. The observed stagnation of strain hardening after strain reversals is explained by a lowering of the increase in dislocations due to annihilation of dislocations with opposite polarity. The model is applied to Bauschinger and x-y tests on commercial copper and aluminium, and to cyclic tests on copper. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the measurements.     

A simple multiaxial fatigue criterion for metals

A new simple multiaxial high-cycle fatigue endurance criterion, suitable for situations where the convex hull associated with the stress path approximates well an ellipsoid, is proposed. It considers, as measures of fatigue solicitation: (i) a new definition for the equivalent shear stress amplitude; and (ii) the maximum principal stress along the stress history. Assessment of the resulting criterion for a wide range of in-phase and out-phase cyclic loads shows that it compares very well with experimental data published in the literature. To cite this article: C.A. Gonçalves et al., C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).

Résumé

On propose un critère simple d'endurance à la fatigue polycyclique, applicable à des situations pour lesquelles l'envelope convexe associé à l'histoire des contraintes s'approche bien d'une ellipse. Le critère considère, comme mesures de solicitation à la fatigue : (i) une nouvelle définition de l'amplitude de contrainte de cisaillement ; et (ii) la contrainte principale maximale au cours de l'histoire de chargement. Pour citer cet article : C.A. Gonçalves et al., C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).     

A new thermo-elasto-plasticity constitutive theory for polycrystalline metals

In this study, the behavior of polycrystalline metals at different temperatures is investigated by a new thermo-elasto-plasticity constitutive theory. Based on solid mechanical and interatomic potential, the constitutive equation is established using a new decomposition of the deformation gradient. For polycrystalline copper and magnesium,the stress–strain curves from 77 to 764 K(copper), and 77 to 870 K(magnesium) under quasi-static uniaxial loading are calculated, and then the calculated results are compared with the experiment results. Also, it is determined that the present model has the capacity to describe the decrease of the elastic modulus and yield stress with the increasing temperature, as well as the change of hardening behaviors of the polycrystalline metals. The calculation process is simple and explicit,which makes it easy to implement into the applications.     

基于双剪应力屈服准则的受内压管道爆破压力分析

采用双剪应力屈服准则,对在内压作用下的无缺陷管道进行了塑性极限分析,得到了管道爆破压力的计算公式;并且将结果与基于Tresca、Mises、平均剪应力屈服准则得到的爆破压力进行了比较.研究结果表明:爆破压力随着管道材料的应变硬化指数的增大而减小,随着管道厚径比的增大而增大;此外,基于双剪应力屈服准则得到的管道爆破压力为爆破压力的上限,而基于Tresca屈服准则得到的爆破压力为管道爆破压力的下限.     

Elastoplastic deformations of rotating parabolic solid disks using Tresca''s yield criterion

Analytical solutions for the stress distribution in rotating parabolic solid disks are obtained. The analysis is based on Tresca's yield criterion, its associated flow rule and linear strain hardening. It is shown that, the deformation behavior of the convex parabolic disk is similar to that of the uniform thickness disk, but in the case of concave parabolic solid disk, it is different. In the latter, the plastic core consists of three different plastic regions with different mathematical forms of the yield criteria. Accordingly, three different stages of elastic–plastic deformation occur. All these stages of elastic–plastic deformation are studied in detail. It is also shown mathematically that in the limiting case the parabolic disk solution reduces to the solution of rotating uniform thickness solid disk.     

A new approach for failure criterion for sheet metals

The interpretation of sheet forming simulations relies on failure criteria to define the limits of metal deformation. The common requirements for these criteria across a broad range of application areas have not yet been satisfied or fully identified, and a single criterion to satisfy all needs has not been developed. Areas where existing criteria appear to be lacking are in the comprehension of the effects of non-proportional loading, general non-planar and triaxial stress loading, and process and material mechanisms that differentiate between necking and fracture. This study was mainly motivated to provide an efficient method for the analysis of necking and fracture limits for sheet metals. In this paper, a model for the necking limit is combined with a model for the fracture limit in the principal stress space by employing a stress-based forming limit curve (FLC) and the maximum shear stress (MSS) criterion. A new metal failure criterion for in-plane isotropic metals is described, based on and validated by a set of critical experiments. This criterion also takes into consideration of the stress distribution through the thickness of the sheet metal to identify the mode of failure, including localized necking prior to fracture, surface cracking, and through-thickness fracture, with or without a preceding neck. The fracture model is also applied to the openability of a food can for AA 5182. The predicted results show very good agreement with the experimentally observed data.     

Characterization of yielding behavior of polycrystalline metals with single crystal plasticity based on representative characteristic length

Single crystal plasticity based on a representative characteristic length is proposed and introduced into a homogenization approach based on finite element analyses, which are applied to characterization of distinctive yielding behaviors of polycrystalline metals, yield-point elongation, and grain size strengthening. The computational manner for an implicit stress update is derived with the framework of a standard multi-surface plasticity at finite strain, where the evolution of the characteristic lengths are numerically converted from the accumulated slips of all of slip systems by exploiting the mathematical feature of the characteristic length as the intermediate function of the plastic internal variables. Furthermore, a constitutive model for a single crystal reproduces the stress–strain curve divided into three parts. Using two-scale finite element analysis, the macroscopic stress–strain response with yield-point elongation under a situation of low dislocation density is reproduced. Finally, the grain size effect on the yield strength is analyzed with modeling of the grain boundary in the context of the proposed constitutive model and is discussed from both macroscopic and microscopic views.     

Thermodynamic criterion for predicting the brittleness and plasticity of metals

A brief comparative analysis of the various methods of evaluating the brittle fracture of metals is given. A plasticity index for metals is proposed and substantiated, and the relation describing its effect on the relative contraction at rupture is obtained. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 169–176, November–December, 1999.