Metal Systems
Aluminum Research
Rolling simulation of polycrystalline aluminum
Figure 1. Rolling simulation of polycrystal Aluminum. (a)Initial texture; (b) rolled texture; (c)yield surfaces at various rolling strain levels
(1) Uniaxial tension simulation of polycrystal aluminum | (2) Predicted yield surface and stress-strain curve
Figure 1. Uniaxial tension simulation of polycrystal Aluminum based on VPSC. (a)Uniaxial tension; (b) Initial texture; (c) Deformed texture at strain 2.0.
(1) Work flow for using Crystal Plasticity FEM (middle) | (2) Example single element simulation (bottom)
Figure 2. Predicted yield surface, stress-strain curve, average rotation angle curve and Alpha Kappa curves of Aluminum aggregates during tension. (a)Yield surface; (b) True stress-true plastic strain curve; (c) Average rotation angle; (d) Alpha and Kappa hardening curves.
(1) Bicrystal simulation cell example | (2) Accessibility of each grain boundary structure | (3) Grain boundary energy as a function of inclination angle
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Fracture surface of steel 1010 after forming process