Formation of crystallographic texture during severe plastic deformation

The current paper represents the results of recent investigations, aimed at revealing of regularities and establishing of crystallographic texture evolution mechanisms during equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP). Pure Cu was used as material for investigation. The investigations were conducted with the help of computer simulation. The variable parameter was the friction coefficient. Accumulated strain fields, as well as strain rate gradients, were calculated using the variation-difference method (VDM) and the simplest isotropic material model. The strain rate gradients from the VDM program served as input parameters for the viscous-plastic self-consistent model (VPSC), simulating the texture formation processes. Results of modeling are compared to experimental texture measurements.