Texture and anisotropy in the Al-Mg alloy AA 5005 - Part II: Correlation of texture and anisotropic properties

Texture-induced anisotropy was simulated with the help of the visco-plastic self-consistent (VPSC) model. Best agreement between simulations and experiments was obtained by using an affine formulation. For the work-hardened material the anisotropic substructure topology was also taken into consideration. With a view to a comprehensive through-process simulation of the evolution of texture and texture-related properties, in-plane anisotropy was simulated from modelled textures in place of the experimental ones. Here, larger deviations were obtained, since the errors of texture modelling and subsequent simulation of anisotropic properties tend to add up. Nonetheless, the VPSC simulations based on modelled textures were capable of reproducing the overall tendencies of anisotropy in AA 5005 sheet in a variety of tempers.