Bauschinger effect and residual phase stresses in two ductile-phase steels: Part I. The influence of phase stresses on the Bauschinger effect

Abstract

The Bauschinger effect (BE) in dual-phase steels has been computationally simulated, and the influence of phase stresses, developed due to nonhomogeneous deformation during preloading, on the BE has been investigated. Isotropic-and anisotropic-hardening models were used in finite-element method calculation to produce the reverse flow stress-strain curves (compression) of dual-phase steels from the reverse stress-strain curves of single-phase materials. Aspects of the Bauschinger effect, including the rounding of the reverse flow curve, yielding at low reverse stresses, high initial work-hardening rates, and the absence of permanent softening,etc., were elucidated by the variation in phase stresses in the constituent phase.