The yield surface of textured polycrystals (Q1062516)

The plastic anisotropy of a material is characterized in part by its yield surface. It is shown that conventional descriptions, based on extensions of the von Mises hypothesis for isotropic materials, are experimentally and theoretically inadequate in many instances. Symmetry arguments are used to derive the dimensionality and extent of the space necessary for representing the yield surface under various conditions of anisotropy. A useful concept is introduced: ''closed'' subspaces, in which sections and projections of the yield surface are identical and in which, therefore, normality is complete. Yield surfaces of heavily rolled or sheared sheets are derived from a computer simulation of polycrystal plasticity. It is found that even mild textures give rise to significant departures from ''oval'' yield surfaces: they develop sharp ridges and extensive flats. The anisotropy coefficients for in-plane tension of rolled sheets have been calculated. For torsion testing under fixed and free end conditions, respectively, the axial force and the length change have been calculated, as well as the change in the ratio of wall thickness to diameter.