On twinning and shear banding in copper single crystals with rolling texture orientations plane strain compressed at high strain rate

Crystal lattice rotations developed in copper single crystals with (110)[1-1-2](Br), (110)[001](G), (112)[11-1](C), and S (346)[63-5](S) orientations have been examined to assess the role of an impact loading on twinning, deformation banding and shear banding. The single-crystalline specimens were channel-die compressed to logarithmic strains of 0.9 with a strain rate of 4.7 × 105 s−1. The microstructures were characterised using scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscope, whereas electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) in SEM and X-ray diffraction have been applied to evaluate the texture evolution. The results showed that a very high strain rate promoted the formation of deformation twins in all orientations. However, a strong variation in the twin density and number of twin families was observed depending on the orientation of the single crystal. In the Br- and G-oriented crystals, only single needle-shaped twins were observed, whereas in the C- and S-oriented crystals, the formation of compact clusters of deformation twins of two generations on different twinning planes was identified. SEM/EBSD measurements revealed that deformation bands were formed in the crystallites with G and Br orientations, whereas shear bands (SBs) were observed in the C- and S-oriented crystals. This study demonstrates that the rotation of twin and matrix platelets in narrow areas of SBs developed in C- and S-oriented crystallites, combined with deformation twinning in the re-oriented primary matrix platelets can result in the formation of texture components near the {110}<001> orientation. Finally, a crystallographic model of the formation of SBs in twinned structures of face-centred cubic metals deformed at high strain rates is proposed.