p ϭ0.02 are measured from the biaxial loading, unloading and reloading experiments. The moduli of elasticity at reloading were lower by 9 to 17 % than those at initial loading. The amount of strain recovery along the rolling direction (RD) is more than that along the transverse direction (TD) for uniaxial unloading, as well as for biaxial unloading. An exponential decay model is proposed that provides good reproduction of the unloading stress-strain relations, (s/s u )-De/(s u /E 2 ), of both materials under different stress ratios.KEY WORDS: biaxial tension; contours of plastic work; anisotropic yield function; unloading; inelastic strain recovery; cruciform specimen; instantaneous tangent modulus.
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Experimental Method
Test MaterialsTwo types of high strength steel alloy test materials were used in this study: 0.7 mm thick BH340 and 1 mm thick DP590. BH and DP denote bake-hardenable and dualphase, respectively. The numbers indicate the tensile strength of the materials. The work hardening characteristics and the r-values of the test materials are listed in Table 1.
Test SpecimensFigures 1(a), 1(b) and 1(c) show the geometry of the specimens used in this study. Figure 1(a) is the specimen for the uniaxial tensile test . Figure 1(b) is the specimen for the biaxial tensile test of sheet metals, which was originally proposed by Kuwabara et al.,13) and is the same as those used for the biaxial tensile tests of steel alloys, [14][15][16][17] aluminum alloys, 14,18) austenitic stainless steel SUS304 19) and pure titanium. 20) Figure 1(c) is the specimen for the combined tension-compression test of sheet metals, which was originally proposed by Kuwabara et al. 21) The x and y-axes are in the rolling (RD) and transverse directions (TD) of the materials, respectively. Seven slits have been fabricated in the arms of the specimens at intervals of 7.5 mm in order to exclude geometric constraint on the 60ϫ60 mm square gauge section.The normal strain components, e x and e y , were measured for the specimens shown in Figs. 1(a) and 1(b) using uniaxial strain gauges (Tokyo Sokki Kenkyujo, YFLA-2). A biaxial strain gauge (Tokyo Sokki Kenkyujo, FCA-11-1L) was used at the center of the specimen shown in Fig. 1(c). Figure 2 shows the biaxial testing apparatus used in this study. It was originally designed and fabricated by Kuwabara et al. 13) The hydraulic pressure of each pair of hydraulic cylinders is servo-controlled independently, so that the stress-paths or strain-paths applied to a specimen can be arbitrarily controlled using a closed-loop circuit. The displacements of the rams of the opposing hydraulic cylinders are equalized using the pantograph-type link mechanism proposed by Shiratori and Ikegami,22) so that the centre of the specimen is always maintained at the centre of the testing apparatus during the tests. A load cell is included in each loading direction. Biaxial strain components in the RD and TD of the specimen are measured con...