Simulation of texture development in a deep drawing process

Abstract

In this paper the effect of the texture development during the deep drawing of a ferritic steel is studied with a reduced crystal plasticity model. This model has been developed for the application in the forming and springback simulation for industrial applications. Based on a specific optimisation scheme, the number of crystals used at each integration point of the finite elements is reduced to less than 100. Even with such a low number of crystals, it is possible to predict the qualitative development of the texture during the deep drawing process. © Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008.