各向异性本构关系在板料成形数值模拟中的应用

对几种能表达面内各向异性的屈服准则Hill、Barlat-Lian、Barlat进行了比较。以弹性变形服从各向同性广义虎克定律的情况下，给出了基于张量算法推导的弹塑性本构关系的一般表达式，并由此导出了相应屈服准则的弹塑性本构关系的显式表达。借助ABAQUS软件本构模块用户子程序接口，分别实现了这些屈服准则在ABAQUS的嵌入。以模拟方形盒的拉延过程为例，分析了不同的屈服准则在板料成形过程数值模拟中的应用。模拟结果表明，基于弹塑性本构关系一般表达所列出的相应屈服准则的显式表达式是正确的；在采用壳元来模拟板料成形时，采用Barlat准则的模拟结果和采用Barlat-Lian准则的结果差别不大。     

Spatial representation of evolving anisotropy at large strains

A phenomenological model for evolving anisotropy at large strains is presented. The model is formulated using spatial quantities and the anisotropic properties of the material is modeled by including structural variables. Evolution of anisotropy is accounted for by introducing substructural deformation gradients which are linear maps similar to the usual deformation gradient. The evolution of the substructural deformation gradients is governed by the substructural plastic velocity gradients in a manner similar to that for the continuum. Certain topics related to the numerical implementation are discussed and a simple integration scheme for the local constitutive equations is developed. To demonstrate the capabilities of the model it is implemented into a finite element code. Two numerical examples are considered: deformation of uniform plate with circular hole and the drawing of a cup. In the two examples it is assumed that initial cubic material symmetry applies to both the elastic and plastic behavior. To be specific, a polyconvex Helmholtz free energy function together with a yield function of quadratic type is adopted.     

A constitutive model for orthotropic elasto-plasticity at large strains

Summary The paper presents a thermodynamically consistent constitutive model for elasto-plastic analysis of orthotropic materials at large strain. The elastic and plastic anisotropies are assumed to be persistent in the material but the anisotropy axes can undergo a rigid rotation due to large plastic deformations. The orthotropic yield function is formulated in terms of the generally nonsymmetric Mandel stress tensor such that its skew-symmetric part is additionally taken into account. Special attention is focused on the convexity of the yield surface resulting in the nine-dimensional stress space. Of particular interest are new convexity conditions which do not appear in the classical theory of anisotropic plasticity. They impose additional constraints on the material constants governing the plastic spin. The role of the plastic spin is further studied in simple shear accompanied by large elastic and large plastic deformations. If the plastic spin is neglected, the shear stress response is characterized by oscillations with an amplitude strictly dependent on the degree of the plastic anisotropy.accepted for publication 2 March 2004     

Plastic spin: necessity or redundancy?

The plastic spin concept in large deformation anisotropic elastoplasticity theories with tensorial internal variables, is proved to be a necessary constitutive ingredient. Different inaccurate notions about the plastic spin are dispelled, and its presence in the theory is demystified as something very simple and straightforward. To this extent it is necessary to disassociate the plastic spin concept and the conjugate notion of constitutive spin from the foundation of kinematics, which caused confusion in the past, and define it only in relation to the constitutive equations of evolution of the tensorial internal variables. There, the plastic spin is related to the orientation aspect of such constitutive equations, and the multiplicity of the different internal variables suggests the necessity to have a different spin for each variable. In the process, a straightforward constitutive framework is developed which is based on classical hyperelasticity, yield criteria and invariance requirements of the constitutive functions under superposed rigid body rotation. Ad-hoc assumptions about stress corotational or convected rates and other fuzzy suggestions for different spins are not part of this development. Other topics such as the concept and simplifying effect of the spinless unstressed configuration and its comparison with the isoclinic configuration, some computational aspects, and the effect of small elastic strains are discussed, and all along the significance of plastic spin in the different equations is evaluated.     

Failure prediction in anisotropic sheet metals under forming operations with consideration of rotating principal stretch directions

An approximate macroscopic yield criterion for anisotropic porous sheet metals is adopted to develop a failure prediction methodology that can be used to investigate the failure of sheet metals under forming operations. Hill's quadratic anisotropic yield criterion is used to describe the matrix normal anisotropy and planar isotropy. The approximate macroscopic anisotropic yield criterion is a function of the anisotropy parameter R, defined as the ratio of the transverse plastic strain rate to the through-thickness plastic strain rate under in-plane uniaxial loading conditions. The Marciniak–Kuczynski approach is employed here to predict failure/plastic localization by assuming a slightly higher void volume fraction inside randomly oriented imperfection bands in a material element of interest. The effects of the anisotropy parameter R, the material/geometric inhomogeneities, and the potential surface curvature on failure/plastic localization are first investigated. Then, a non-proportional deformation history including relative rotation of principal stretch directions is identified in a critical element of a mild steel sheet under a fender forming operation given as a benchmark problem in the 1993 NUMISHEET conference. Based on the failure prediction methodology, the failure of the critical sheet element is investigated under the non-proportional deformation history. The results show that the gradual rotation of principal stretch directions lowers the failure strains of the critical element under the given non-proportional deformation history.     

A material model for finite elasto-plastic deformations considering a substructure

Developing further the substructure models proposed by Mandel and Dafalias a thermodynamically consistent system of differential and algebraic equations is derived to describe anisotropic elasto-plastic material behavior at finite deformations. Based on the multiplicative split of the deformation gradient an appropriate material law is formulated applying the principle of the maximum of plastic dissipation. Generalized basic relations of this material model containing a relation of hyperelasticity, evolutional equations for the internal variables describing different kinds of hardening, and the yield condition are presented. The capacity of the proposed material model is demonstrated on the example of a sheet with a hole. Presenting the evolution of yield surfaces the capability of the model to describe anisotropic hardening behavior is shown.     

On the implementation of anisotropic yield functions into finite strain problems of sheet metal forming

In this article the implementation of anisotropic yield functions into finite element investigations of orthotropic sheets with planar anisotropy is discussed within a plane-stress context. Special attention is focused on the proper treatment of the orientation of the anisotropic axes during deformation into the finite-strain range. As an example problem the hydrostatic bulging of a membrane is considered in conjunction with a recently proposed anisotropic yield function. It is shown that the aspects of the plane-stress assumption, which do not come into consideration in isotropic analyses, can play an important role on the accuracy of the solution when the rotation of the orthotropic axes enters the computation directly due to the presence of material anisotropy. When the material anisotropy is considered and when the deformation of the workpiece is not limited to the plane of the undeformed sheet (such as cup drawing, hydrostatic bulging, etc.), the numerical experiments indicate that the only correct formulation is the one based on numerically imposing the requirement that for the plane-stress application, the in-plane material axes have to remain in the plane of the sheet during the deformation.     

准脆性材料的弹塑性各向异性损伤耦合本构模型研究

针对准脆性材料的非线性特征,在热动力学框架内,建立了准脆性材料的弹塑性与各向异性损伤耦合的本构关系.对准脆性材料的变形机理和损伤诱发的各向异性进行了诠释,并给出了损伤构形和有效构形中各物理量之间的关系.在有效应力空间内,建立了塑性屈服准则、拉压不同的塑性随动强化法则和各向同性强化法则.在损伤构形中,采用应变能释放率,建立了拉压损伤准则、拉压不同的损伤随动强化法则和各向同性强化法则.基于塑性屈服准则和损伤准则,构建了塑性势泛函和损伤势泛函,并由正交性法则,给出了塑性和损伤强化效应内变量的演化规律,同时,联立塑性屈服面和损伤加载面,给出了塑性流动和损伤演化内变量的演化法则.将损伤力学和塑性力学结合起来,建立了应变驱动的应力-应变增量本构关系,给出了本构数值积分的要点.以单轴加载-卸载往复试验识别和校准了材料常数,并对简单试验进行了预测,结果表明,所建本构模型对准脆件材料的非线性材料性能有良好的预测能力.     

A formulation of anisotropic continuum elastoplasticity at finite strains. Part I: Modelling

A constitutive model for anisotropic elastoplasticity at finite strains is developed together with its numerical implementation. An anisotropic elastic constitutive law is described in an invariant setting by use of structural tensors and the elastic strain measure C_e. The elastic strain tensor as well as the structural tensors are assumed to be invariant in relation to superimposed rigid body rotations. An anisotropic Hill-type yield criterion, described by a non-symmetric Eshelby-like stress tensor and further structural tensors, is developed, where use is made of representation theorems for functions with non-symmetric arguments. The model also considers non-linear isotropic hardening. Explicit results for the specific case of orthotropic anisotropy are given. The associative flow rule is employed and the features of the inelastic flow rule are discussed in full. It is shown that the classical definition of the plastic material spin is meaningless in conjunction with the present formulation. Instead, the study motivates an alternative definition, which is based on the demand that such a quantity must be dissipation-free, as the plastic material spin is in the case of isotropy. Equivalent spatial formulations are presented too. The full numerical treatment is considered in Part II.     

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF NON-PLANAR PLASTIC ANISOTROPY OF COLD ROLLING POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS

The plastic anisotropy of sheet metal is usually caused by preferred orientation of grains, developed by mechanical deformation and thermal treatment. In the present study, a Taylor-like polycrystal model suggested by Asaro and Needleman is applied to investigate the evolution of the anisotropic behavior of a face centered cubic (FCC) polycrystalline metal, which is considered having {111} (110) slip systems, by stretching it along an arbitrary direction after it has undergonea plane-strata compression that rationally simulates the cold rolling process of FCC polycrystalline pure aluminium. By using the Taylor-like polycrystal model, pole figures are obtained to describe the texture development of polycrystalline aggregate after plane-strain compression, and then the plastic anisotropy of polycrystalline aggregate is evaluated by stretching the polycrystalline aggregate in different direction in term of yield stress. According to the results, the contours of longitudinal flow stress in three-dimensional orientation space are given and analyzed. Experiment results similar to the prediction of planar anisotropy can be found inthe literature written by Takahashi et al. that in directly show the correctness of the prediction of non-planar plastic anisotropy by this analysis.     

Restrictions on dynamically propagating surfaces of strong discontinuity in elastic-plastic solids

For dynamic three-dimensional deformations of elastic-plastic materials, we elicit conditions necessary for the existence of propagating surfaces of strong discontinuity (across which components of stress, strain or material velocity jump). This is accomplished within a small-displacement-gradient formulation of standard weak continuum-mechanical assumptions of momentum conservation and geometrical compatibility, and skeletal constitutive assumptions which permit very general elastic and plastic anisotropy including yield surface vertices and anisotropic hardening. In addition to deriving very explicit restrictions on propagating strong discontinuities in general deformations, we prove that for anti-plane strain and incompressible plane strain deformations, such strong discontinuities can exist only at elastic wave speeds in generally anisotropic elastic-ideally plastic materials unless a material's yield locus in stress space contains a linear segment. The results derived seem essential for correct and complete construction of solutions to dynamic elastic-plastic boundary-value problems.     

镁合金晶体塑性本构模型与非均匀孪生变形分析

微结构演化对镁合金材料力学性能有着显著的影响,为了揭示镁合金宏观塑性各向异性特性与非均匀孪生变形的关系,开展了不同路径下的单轴加载试验以及采用含滑移、孪生机制的晶体塑性本构模型对试验条件下的镁合金变形行为进行数值模拟研究.文中本构模型描述了滑移与孪生变形机制以及晶格转动的机制,同时研究采用三维微结构代表性有限元模型,其包含晶粒尺寸、晶向和晶界倾角等微结构参数.研究结果表明,轧制镁合金具有强烈的宏观塑性各向异性行为,并对这种镁合金塑性各向异性行为的模拟结果以及多晶织构的模拟演化结果与试验测量进行对比,结果都基本吻合.对孪生非均匀变形模拟分析表明,镁合金宏观塑性各向异性行为与滑移、孪生变形机制的不同启动组合紧密相关,同时多晶体内应力的非均匀分布受到孪生变形的严重影响.而不同晶粒尺寸的晶粒所发生的孪生变形有比较大的差异,造成孪晶变体在晶粒内的分布极不均匀.该研究可为通过微结构的合理配置来设计和控制材料的力学性能提供理论依据.     

Interpretation of the behavior of metals under large plastic shear deformations: comparison of macroscopic predictions to physically based predictions

A large plastic shear problem is analyzed by application of a macroscopic anisotropic plasticity model (Kuroda, M., 1997. Interpretation of the behavior of metals under large plastic shear deformations: a macroscopic approach. Int. J. Plasticity 13, 359–383), and the results are compared to predictions based on crystal plasticity with the Taylor assumption. It is found that these two different-scale models provide very similar predictions. The interpretations for such similarities are pursued in detail. The present macroscopic model reproduces quite well the change in orientation of anisotropy, which is directly predicted in the crystal plasticity analyses as a macroscopic manifestation of texture development. Consequently, the predictions for the rotation of the yield surface by the different-scale models become very similar. It is clearly shown that, in a macroscopic sense, the rotation of the anisotropic yield surface is a main cause of the axial effects in large plastic shear deformation.     

A constitutive model for plastically anisotropic solids with non-spherical voids

Plastic constitutive relations are derived for a class of anisotropic porous materials consisting of coaxial spheroidal voids, arbitrarily oriented relative to the embedding orthotropic matrix. The derivations are based on nonlinear homogenization, limit analysis and micromechanics. A variational principle is formulated for the yield criterion of the effective medium and specialized to a spheroidal representative volume element containing a confocal spheroidal void and subjected to uniform boundary deformation. To obtain closed form equations for the effective yield locus, approximations are introduced in the limit-analysis based on a restricted set of admissible microscopic velocity fields. Evolution laws are also derived for the microstructure, defined in terms of void volume fraction, aspect ratio and orientation, using material incompressibility and Eshelby-like concentration tensors. The new yield criterion is an extension of the well known isotropic Gurson model. It also extends previous analyses of uncoupled effects of void shape and material anisotropy on the effective plastic behavior of solids containing voids. Preliminary comparisons with finite element calculations of voided cells show that the model captures non-trivial effects of anisotropy heretofore not picked up by void growth models.     

Unit cell debonding analyses for arbitrary orientation of plastic anisotropy

Debonding of rigid inclusions embedded in the elastic–plastic aluminum alloy Al 2090-T3 is analyzed numerically using a unit cell model taking full account of finite strains. The cell is subjected to overall biaxial plane strain tension and periodical boundary conditions are applied to represent arbitrary orientations of plastic anisotropy. Plastic anisotropy is considered using two phenomenological anisotropic yield criteria, namely Hill [Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 193 (1948) 281] and Barlat et al. [International Journal of Plasticity 7 (1991) 693]. For this material plastic anisotropy delays debonding compared to plastic isotropy except for the case of Hill’s yield function when the tensile directions coincided with the principal axes of anisotropy. For some inclinations of the principal axes of anisotropy relative to the tensile directions, the stress strain responses are identical but the deformation modes are mirror images of each other.     

Finite strain analysis of simple shear using recent anisotropic yield criteria

The finite strain response of a rectangular block subjected to constrained simple shearing deformations is considered in order to evaluate the predictive capability of some recently proposed anisotropic yield functions. It is shown that, in the presence of plane anisotropy, the prediction of realistic second order normal stresses cannot be expected since every different initial orientation of the material axes relative to the loading axes results in a different response due to the rotation of the material axes with shear. Parametric studies are performed in order to determine possible limits on the material constants so that the predicted normal stresses remain second order with respect to the shear stress itself. Our numerical results indicate that, in particular, the commonly employed range of one parameter associated with grain related anisotropy renders results which no longer imply predicting a proper second order effect but rather introduces errors of the first order. The results suggest that the modelling of anisotropy with such phenomenological anisotropic yield functions should be limited to near-quadratic yield surfaces for applications involving stress states outside the biaxial tensile stress range.