Simulation of the deformation texture of a 17%Cr ferritic stainless steel using the texture component crystal plasticity finite element method considering texture gradients

We use a texture component crystal plasticity finite element method for the simulation of plane strain compression (maximum thickness reduction 95%) of a ferritic stainless steel (X6Cr17, AISI 430, 1.4016). The method incorporates the graded hot band texture of the starting material and predicts the development of the orientation distribution during forming in the surface and in the center layer considering 24 slip systems ({1 1 0}〈1 1 1〉, {1 1 2}〈1 1 1〉). The results are compared to experiments.