Bauschinger effect and latent hardening under cyclic micro-bending of Ni-base Alloy 718 single crystals: Part II. Single crystal plasticity modeling with latent kinematic hardening

In this paper, the Bauschinger effect and latent hardening of single crystals are assessed in finite element calculations using a single crystal plasticity model with kinematic hardening. To this end, results of cyclic micro-bending experiments on single crystal Alloy 718 in different crystal orientations (single slip and multi slip) with respect to the loading direction are used to determine the slip system related material properties of the single crystal plasticity model. Two kinematic hardening laws are considered: a kinematic hardening law describing latent hardening and a kinematic hardening law without latent hardening. For the determination of material properties for both hardening laws, a gradient-based optimization method is used. The results show that the different strength levels observed for micro-bending tests on different crystal orientations can only be described with latent kinematic hardening well, whereas the pronounced Bauschinger effect is described well by both kinematic hardening laws. It is concluded that cyclic micro-bending experiments on single crystals using different crystal orientations give an appropriate data base for the determination of the slip system related material properties of the single crystal plasticity model with latent kinematic hardening.

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This paper evaluates the Bauschinger effect and latent hardening of single crystals in finite element calculations using a single crystal plasticity model. The results show that different strength levels observed in micro-bending tests on different crystal orientations can only be described with latent kinematic hardening, while the pronounced Bauschinger effect is well described by both kinematic hardening laws.