Micromechanical effects such as the development of crystallographic texture and of
dislocation structures lead to evolution of material anisotropy during plastic
deformation. The anisotropy of sheet metals is commonly quantified by its
-values. The
-value is
defined as the ratio of the transverse strain to the thickness strain at a certain longitudinal
strain, and it changes if the anisotropy changes. Conventional hardening models do not
account for the evolution of anisotropy along an arbitrary orientation. Therefore, although
-values
are measured from experiments, predictions of hardening behavior based on
-values using
conventional hardening models do not reproduce the experiments for arbitrary orientation.
The
-value
evolution for large strains can be observed in simple uniaxial tension tests by
measuring the transverse and longitudinal strains continuously up to large strains. A
digital image correlation (DIC) method is introduced as superior to strain
gages for measuring large strains. To model the experimental response, a
rotational-isotropic-kinematic (RIK) hardening model is investigated. Because of this
model’s ability to represent the rotational evolution of the anisotropy, it can
predict the hardening behavior for non-RD and non-TD directions. Methods
to identify the plastic spin and kinematic hardening parameters are also
discussed.