Texture-Based Formability Prediction for Mg Wrought Alloys ZE10 and AZ31

Abstract

A viscoplastic self-consistent crystal plasticity model was employed to study the formability of two magnesium sheet alloys, i.e., AZ31 and ZE10 at 200 °C. The flow stress-strain curves obtained by uniaxial tension tests at various strain rates and the crystallographic texture were used to determine the model parameters. The crystal plasticity model was incorporated with the Marciniak-Kuczyński model in order to address the forming limits of the magnesium sheets. Model predictions were matched with the experimental data obtained by Nakajima tests by tuning the respective parameters. The model was further applied to quantify the effect of the initial crystallographic texture on the formability. Virtual textures representing realistic outcome from mechanical working (rolling, extrusion) were generated. The respective effects on the formability were quantified. The resulting forming limit diagrams demonstrate that the variations of crystallographic texture can either lead to an improvement or to a detrimental reduction of the forming strain in particular in stretch-forming operations.