Investigation on Plastic Flow Behaviors of FCC Polycrystalline Aluminum under Pre-Cyclic Tension-Compression Loading: Experiments and Crystal Plasticity Modeling

The plastic flow behaviors of FCC polycrystalline aluminum after pre-cyclic tension-compression deformation are mainly investigated in tension-torsion stress space by the physically based crystal plasticity model introducing a back-stress. A global finite element model (GFEM) constructed of sufficient grains was established to simulate the same-size thin-walled tube specimen constrained and loaded as the experiments of yield surfaces. The computational results showed that the shape of subsequent yield surfaces and the plastic flow directions directly depended on the given offset strain levels and the applied re-loading paths under different pre-cyclic deformations. The angle deviation between the plastic flow direction and the theoretical orthogonal direction further indicated that there was a large difference between them in the inverse pre-straining direction, but the difference was negligible in the pre-straining direction. From the influence of the anisotropic evolution of the subsequent yield surfaces on plastic flow, we found that the plastic normality rule followed the smooth yield locus; conversely, the significant non-associated flow was attributed to the distorted yield locus. Furthermore, it was also demonstrated that the anisotropic evolution and the plastic flow trend of the subsequent yield surfaces obtained by experiments can be better reproduced by the crystal plasticity model.

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The study reveals that pre-cyclic deformation significantly influences the plastic flow behavior of FCC polycrystalline aluminum, with subsequent yield surface shape and plastic flow direction depending on offset strain levels and re-loading paths. The deviation angle between plastic flow direction and theoretical orthogonal direction is significant in the inverse pre-straining direction, but negligible in the pre-straining direction.