Applying crystallographic orientation analysis for exploring deformation mechanism of 6.5 wt.% Si electrical strip during twin-roll thin strip casting process

The study described here is aimed at illuminating deformation mechanism involved in Twin-roll Thin Strip Casting Process (TRSC) with respect to high-permeability 6.5 wt.% Si electrical strip (6.5 wt.% Si strip) in terms of crystal plasticity (CP) theory, and a Visco-plastic Self-consistent model (VPSC) was utilized to explore the deformation mechanism by applying crystallographic orientation (OR) analysis. Results underscore that the activation of overall potential single slip system with regard to studied 6.5 wt.% Si strip including {110}<111>, {112}<111> as well as {123}<111> can contribute to the OR conversion from Cube texture to Rotated-Cube texture, α-fiber texture as well as γ-fiber texture, while with different evolution rate during deformation. The potential multi-slip system of {112}<111>+{123}<111> with average number of activated slip system per grain ~9.1–9.4, and multi-slip system of {110}<111>+{112}<111>+{123}<111> with average number of activated slip system per grain ~10.4–10.8 are identified to be the predominant slip systems during deformation by comparing to the actual OR features obtained from TRSC-processed 6.5 wt.% Si strip. The CP-based method proposed in present study is deemed as a reference to investigate deformation behavior involved in the other semi-solid forming process.