Continuum modeling of the response of a Mg alloy AZ31 rolled sheet during uniaxial deformation

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1739-1757

  Fernández, Ana ^a   Pérez Prado, María Teresa ^a   Wei, Yujie ^b   Jérusalem, Antoine ^a  

^a IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Continuum model; Crystal plasticity; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; AZ31; BASAL SLIP; COMPUTATIONAL WORK; CONTINUUM MODEL; CONTINUUM MODELING; CRYSTAL PLASTICITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRIES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FAILURE CRITERIA; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; INTRINSIC DEFORMATION; INTRINSIC FEATURES; LATE STAGE; MG ALLOY; MG-ALLOY AZ31; MICROMECHANISMS; NORMAL DIRECTION; OVERALL-MODEL; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PYRAMIDAL SLIP; QUASI-STATIC COMPRESSION; RESEARCH GROUPS; ROLLED SHEETS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRESS AND STRAIN; TEXTURE EVOLUTIONS; TRANSPORT INDUSTRY; UNIAXIAL DEFORMATION; VEHICLE WEIGHTS;

ALLOYS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INDUSTRY; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; TEXTURES;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84855299422     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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