Influence of Material Structure Crystallography on its Formability in Sheet Metal Forming Processes

Abstract

The finite element simulation was used to analyze the effect of crystallographic texture on material formability in typical sheet metal forming processes: stretch forming, hole expansion, drawing and bending. It is defined that the best formability (maximum cupping depth, flanging ratio, drawing depth, minimum bending radius) is provided by a rotated cube orientation; the worst – by Goss orientation. Some texture components provide better formability than the isotropic case (rotated cube), some - worse (cube, goss) or close to isotropy (copper, brass or S-orientation).