Modeling Cyclic Deformation of HSLA Steels Using Crystal Plasticity

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Xie ◽  
S. Ghosh ◽  
M. Groeber
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Cyclic Deformation ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Kinematic Hardening ◽  
Orientation Imaging Microscopy ◽  
Plasticity Model ◽  
Hsla Steels ◽  
Crystal Plasticity Model ◽  
Orientation Distributions

High strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, used in a wide variety of applications as structural components are subjected to cyclic loading during their service lives. Understanding the cyclic deformation behavior of HSLA steels is of importance, since it affects the fatigue life of components. This paper combines experiments with finite element based simulations to develop a crystal plasticity model for prediction of the cyclic deformation behavior of HSLA-50 steels. The experiments involve orientation imaging microscopy (OIM) for microstructural characterization and mechanical testing under uniaxial and stress–strain controlled cyclic loading. The computational models incorporate crystallographic orientation distributions from the OIM data. The crystal plasticity model for bcc materials uses a thermally activated energy theory for plastic flow, self and latent hardening, kinematic hardening, as well as yield point phenomena. Material parameters are calibrated from experiments using a genetic algorithm based minimization process. The computational model is validated with experiments on stress and strain controlled cyclic loading. The effect of grain orientation distributions and overall loading conditions on the evolution of microstructural stresses and strains are investigated.

Cyclic Deformation and Buckling Behavior of Pipe With Local Metal Loss Subjected to Seismic Ground Motion

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Mitsuya ◽  
Hiroshi Yatabe
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Cyclic Deformation ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Kinematic Hardening ◽  
Earthquake Resistance ◽  
Metal Loss ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Longitudinal Length

Buried pipelines may be deformed due to earthquakes and also corrode despite corrosion control measures such as protective coatings and cathodic protection. In such cases, it is necessary to ensure the integrity of the corroded pipelines against earthquakes. This study developed a method to evaluate the earthquake resistance of corroded pipelines subjected to seismic ground motions. Axial cyclic loading experiments were carried out on line pipes subjected to seismic motion to clarify the cyclic deformation behavior until buckling occurs. The test pipes were machined so that each one would have a different degree of local metal loss. As the cyclic loading progressed, displacement shifted to the compression side due to the formation of a bulge. The pipe buckled after several cycles. To evaluate the earthquake resistance of different pipelines, with varying degrees of local metal loss, a finite-element analysis method was developed that simulates the cyclic deformation behavior. A combination of kinematic and isotropic hardening components was used to model the material properties. These components were obtained from small specimen tests that consisted of a monotonic tensile test and a low cycle fatigue test under a specific strain amplitude. This method enabled the successful prediction of the cyclic deformation behavior, including the number of cycles required for the buckling of pipes with varying degrees of metal loss. In addition, the effect of each dimension (depth, longitudinal length and circumferential width) of local metal loss on the cyclic buckling was studied. Furthermore, the kinematic hardening component was investigated for the different materials by the low cycle fatigue tests. The kinematic hardening components could be regarded as the same for all the materials when using this component as the material property for the finite-element analyses simulating the cyclic deformation behavior. This indicates that the cyclic deformation behavior of various line pipes can be evaluated only based on their respective tensile properties and common kinematic hardening component.

A crystal plasticity model for the deformation behavior of aluminum single crystals

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Batukhtina ◽  
V. A. Romanova ◽  
R. R. Balokhonov ◽  
V. S. Shakhijanov
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystals ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Plasticity Model ◽  
Crystal Plasticity Model

Development of a model for simulation of micro-twin and corresponding asymmetry in high temperature deformation behavior of nickel-based superalloy single crystals using crystal plasticity-based framework

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 (14) ◽  
pp. 2621-2635 ◽  
Author(s):  
MK Samal
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
High Temperature Deformation ◽  
Temperature Deformation ◽  
Plasticity Model ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Nickel Based Superalloy ◽  
Crystal Plasticity Model

Development of reliable computational models to predict the high temperature deformation behavior of nickel-based superalloys is in the forefront of materials research. These alloys find wide applications in manufacturing of turbine blades and discs of aircraft engines. The microstructure of these alloys consists of the primary γ′-phase, and the secondary and tertiary precipitates (of Ni3Al type) are dispersed as γ′-phases in the gamma matrix. It is computationally expensive to incorporate the explicit finite element model of the γ-γ′ microstructure in a crystal plasticity-based constitutive framework to simulate the response of the polycrystalline microstructure. Existing models in literature do not account for these underlying micro-structural features which are important for simulation of polycrystalline response. The aim of this work is to develop a physically motivated multi-scale approach for simulation of high temperature response of nickel-based superalloys. At the lower length scale, a dislocation density-based crystal plasticity model is developed which simulates the response of various types of microstructures. The microstructures are designed with various shapes and volume fractions of γ′-precipitates. A new model for simulation of the mechanism of anti-phase boundary shearing of the γ′-precipitates, by the matrix dislocations, is developed in this work. The lower scale model is homogenized as a function of various micro-structural parameters, and the homogenized model is used in the next scale of multi-scale simulation. In addition, a new criterion for initiation of micro-twin and a constitutive model for twin strain accumulation are developed. This new micro-twin model along with the homogenized crystal plasticity model has been used to simulate the creep response of a single crystal nickel-based superalloy, and the results have been compared with those of experiment from literature. It was observed that the new model has been able to model the tension–compression asymmetry as observed in single crystal experiments.

scholarly journals Investigation of Yield Surfaces Evolution for Polycrystalline Aluminum after Pre-Cyclic Loading by Experiment and Crystal Plasticity Simulation

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3069
Author(s):  
Damin Lu ◽  
Keshi Zhang ◽  
Guijuan Hu ◽  
Yongting Lan ◽  
Yanjun Chang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Yield Surface ◽  
Plasticity Model ◽  
Anisotropic Hardening ◽  
Polycrystalline Aluminum ◽  
Crystal Plasticity Model ◽  
Subsequent Yield Surface ◽  
Definition Of

This study aims at introducing the back stress of anisotropic strain-hardening into the crystal plasticity theory and demonstrating the rationality of this crystal plasticity model to describe the evolution of the subsequent yield surface of polycrystalline aluminum at the mesoscopic scale under complex pre-cyclic loading paths. By using two different scale finite element models, namely a global finite element model (GFEM) as the same size of the thin-walled tube specimen used in the experiments and a 3D cubic polycrystalline aggregate representative volume element (RVE) model, the evolution of the subsequent yield surface for different unloading cases after 30 pre-cycles is further performed by experiments and numerical simulations within a crystal plasticity finite element (CPFE) frame. Results show that the size and shape of the subsequent yield surfaces are extremely sensitive to the chosen offset strain and the pre-cyclic loading direction, which present pronounced anisotropic hardening through a translation and a distortion of the yield surface characterized by the obvious “sharp corner” in the pre-deformation direction and “flat” in the reverse direction by the definition of small offset strain, while the subsequent yield surface exhibits isotropic hardening reflected by the von Mises circle to be distorted into an ellipse by the definition of large offset strain. In addition, the heterogeneous properties of equivalent plastic strain increment are further discussed under different offset strain conditions. Modeling results from this study show that the heterogeneity of plastic deformation decreases as a law of fraction exponential function with the increasing offset strain. The above analysis indicates that anisotropic hardening of the yield surface is correlated with heterogeneous deformation caused by crystal microstructure and crystal slip. The crystal plasticity model based on the above microscopic mechanism can accurately capture the directional hardening features of the yield surface.

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