An incremental-update formulation to simulate earing behaviour with crystal plasticity model

Abstract

To gain a better understanding about the influence of initial texture on deformation behaviour of sheet metals, an incremental-update formulation is adopted for implementing ratedependent crystal plasticity model into the explicit finite element package, ABAQUS/Explicit. In this formulation, the configuration in the last increment serves as a reference frame, and the stress, grain orientation and hardening behaviour of crystal are updated at the end of each increment. Two user subroutines VUMAT are developed, respectively, for face-centred cubic and hexagonal close packed alloys due to different deformation mechanisms. Earing behaviours of aluminium sheet and AZ31 alloy sheet are simulated for model validation. © Authors 2011.