Abstract
The cyclic plastic deformation of an archetypal microstructure dual phase steels has been examined via micromechanics modelling based on representative volume elements technique. The dual phase steel has soft ferrite – matrix with hard martensite – islands, which are distributed in a discrete manner. In the field of automobile industries, the suitable combination of strain hardening, strength and ductility, and their lean combination represent them as an economically desire option for huge multiple lightweight options. In this numerical approach, different microstructures for micromechanical modelling were constructed to detailed examination and analysis for the tensile and cyclic deformation response of dual phase steels. Due to the distinct difference in the stress–strain responses of ferrite and martensite phases, incompatibility of strain between matrix-softer ferrite and island-harder martensite phase arises during tensile straining. The effect of strain partitioning in cyclic plastic deformation response of dual phase steel has been studied in the present investigation. Apart from this, effect of martensite volume fraction on cyclic stress–strain response of dual phase steels, cyclic plastic deformation distribution in individual phases and cyclic deformation inhomogeneity at microstructural level have been systematically investigated.
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