Flow stress models for deformation under varying condition—finite element method simulation

Int J Adv Manuf Technol (2016) 87:543–552 DOI 10.1007/s00170-016-8506-7 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Flow stress models for deformation under varying condition—finite element method simulation Dmytro Svyetlichnyy 1 & Jarosław Nowak 1 & Nikolay Biba 2 & Łukasz Łach 1 Received: 15 October 2015 / Accepted: 9 February 2016 / Published online: 24 February 2016 # The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract This work presents description and comparison of internal and state variable models of flow stress in varying processing conditions. Three models were analyzed. The first one is based on dislocation theory and describing the mechanical behavior of f.c.c. polycrystalline structures. The second and third models are standard and modified Sellars’ flow stress models. Models were adapted for two commercial codes based on finite element method: QForm7 and Forge 2005. The compression test of 45 grade steel with instant changes of strain rate was simulated. Calculated compression force and flow stress were compared with the experimental data from plastometric tests. The forging process was simulated by QForm7. Results obtained by both internal and modified Sellars’ models confirm their high accuracy for analysis and prediction of the flow stress under the varying deformation conditions. Keywords Flow stress . Internal variables model . Varying deformation conditions . FEM simulation 1 Introduction A proper description of the flow stress under varying conditions is particularly beneficial for computer simulation because the real processing conditions change continuously. * Łukasz Łach 1 AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland 2 MICAS Simulations Ltd., Oxford, UK For example, the strain rate usually grows at the beginning of the process, then reaches a maximum value, maintains it for a certain period at approximately the same level, and finally decreases to zero at the end of the process. Furthermore, the deformation temperature does not remain constant. These changes of the deformation conditions occur constantly in various areas of the deformed body and with different intensity. It all leads to the conclusion that only those models that describe the real mechanical behavior of material under varying deformation conditions guarantee precise assessment and are suitable for computer simulation. Most existing flow stress models, describing mechanical response of the deformed body, treat the deformation as a stationary process. Some of them consider only the current values of deformation parameters (strain, strain rate, temperature), and they are referred to as state variable models (SVM). Other models take into account the history of deformation, describe the internal state of the material, and use internal variables. Time is included into these models explicitly or implicitly, and these models are known as internal variables models. For the SVMs, it is not critical in what way the strain rate or temperature is changing during the deformation; the determining factor is only the current values. Therefore, in SVMs, variations of deformation conditions lead to the instant changes of the flow stress. The internal variables models (IVM) describe the flow stress as a continuous transient process, i.e., from the initial state to the final state. The final state is a stationary deformation process with a constant strain rate at a constant temperature and flow stress. There are well-known models developed by Kocks [1], Roberts [2], Yoshie et al. [3], Bergstrom [4], and Estrin and Mecking [5], which use the dislocation density as an internal variable. These models are said to have an advantage when a non-stationary process takes place. 544 Kocks and Mecking [6] have shown that in most cases, one internal variable is sufficient to describe the flow stress for materials with the f.c.c. structure in the wide range of the strain rate and temperature. However, they also stated, that one internal variable allows to describe only a process with constant deformation conditions. Estrin et al. [7], Roters et al. [8], and van Houtte [9] came to the similar conclusion and proposed to introduce additional internal variables. Sandström and Langeborg [10] suggested using the distribution function instead of one value of the dislocation density. However, the main objective of the variable addition was not to take into account the varying deformation conditions, but the necessity of considering certain specific conditions. Introduction of the additional variables is connected with a more precise description of the deformation with considerable strain, changes of the deformation path, evolution of the dislocation structure, and texture or recrystallization. The non-stationary deformation processes were considered on the basis of the IVM for example by Routcoueles et al. [11] and Ordon et al. [12]. These authors declared satisfactory results, but one cannot recognize them as appropriate enough. The IVMs are represented by a differential equation or a system of two or three differential equations. In addition, they can be expanded by an independent equation of dislocation structures evolution, which is essentially a solution of another differential equation. All the models presented above [1–5, 7–12] can be classified as additive models, because the effect of almost every element can be considered as an additional term of the sum. However, multiplicative models have also been developed. Kocks and Mecking [6] argued that every transient is evidence for an internal state parameter that evolves towards its steady state under the given applied conditions. The existence of a transient upon a change in externally prescribed conditions calls for an additional internal state parameter. Kocks and Mecking [6] have given a physical explanation and have offered a way to resolve the problem of varying deformation conditions. Another solution was proposed by Estrin [13]. The two-internal-variable formulation was devised for this purpose. A more fundamental proposition was to consider them not additively, but multiplicatively. Another multiplicative IVM was developed [14] and validated [15] by Svyetlichnyy in order to take into account the recrystallization process. The model demonstrates exceptional ability for a proper description evolution of the dislocation density not only during the deformation but also after it. Later, Svyetlichnyy et al. [16] extend the multiplicative model on varying deformation conditions. In the paper [16], the results of experimental studies and theoretical analysis clearly show that the rheological model should be multiplicative. It is more important than the choice between one or more internal variable. A good prediction was achieved using multiplicative model for the analysis of the flow stresses of hot-compressed Int J Adv Manuf Technol (2016) 87:543–552 45 grade steel. Model parameters were identified and verified based on th (...truncated)