Study of fcc metal tension behaviour by crystal plasticity finite element method

The crystal plasticity finite element method has been adopted to study the plastic deformation behaviour, such as the slip system activation, the number and magnitude of the actived slip system, the rotation character and the macromechanics response of face centred cubic (fcc) single crystal metal during uniaxial tension. Five typical crystalline orientations, including four types of typical fcc texture orientation: Goss orientation, copper orientation, S orientation and brass texture, have been considered, and its effects to plastic deformation have been studied and compared. The results show that the orientation between crystalline and loading direction will influence the slipping character and the macromechanical response: the S crystalline orientation (60, 32 and 65°) has the least number of active slip system (just only 3); the brass texture (35, 45 and 0°) has the smallest magnitude of crystalline lattice rotation; and the brass texture orientation (35, 45 and 0°) has the highest yield stress value.