Generally only the 4th order ODF coefficients are deduced from the observed elastic anisotropy of
textured polycrystalline materials with cubic/orthorhombic symmetry. In this study, a method is
described for the prediction of the 4th and 6th order ODF coefficients from the elastic properties of
cold rolled and annealed steel sheets of 5 different types. In order to link these properties with the
texture, the elastic energy method of Bunge (1974) is employed. By estimating the volume fractions of
the principal preferred orientations and their gaussian spreads, ODF coefficients of the 4th (C411, C412 and C413) and 6th (C611, C612 and C614) orders can be successfully obtained. As a result, the planar r-value distribution can be predicted more accurately than when only the 4th order coefficients are
employed.