Endochronic description of plastic anisotropy in sheet metal (Q1302771)

The authors show that an extended Hill's quadratic yield criterion for anisotropic sheet metal can be derived from the endochronic theory of plasticity. The extended form considers the combined isotropic-kinematic hardening and the ``anomalous behavior'' observed in anisotropic plastic deformations of sheet metals which can be accounted for by the concept of kinematic hardening. This form of anisotropic endochronic theory can accommodate the usual requirement of normality between the plastic strain rate and the yield function. In addition, the theory leads naturally to the expressions for residual stresses. This work provides an additional proof that the form of the intrinsic strain rate is directly related to the form of yield function. It is suggested that the coefficients of quadratic yield function can be determined from the yield stresses obtained on the basis of tension tests.