Influence of material modeling on earing prediction in cup drawing of AA3104 aluminum alloy sheet

Abstract

In-plane biaxial tension and combined tension-compression tests are carried out for AA3104 aluminum alloy sheets. Linear stress paths are applied to cruciform specimens to measure the contours of plastic work in the stress space and the directions of plastic strain rates at each stress path. Coefficients α 1- α 8 and exponent M of the Yld2000-2d yield function are determined to minimize the mean square error of the analytical yield locus from a measured work contour. The values of the weighting coefficients in the evaluation of the error are varied to check the effect of a specific stress state on the earing behavior. The effects of the combinations of the weighting coefficients on the accuracy of earing prediction in the cup drawing process are discussed.