A New Approach to More Realistic Rolling Texture Simulation

To predict the mechanical properties of a deformed metallic sheet, the evolution of microstructure and crystallographic texture during the various steps of thermomechanical processing must be simulated. Obviously, a comprehensive prediction of texture changes accompanying subsequent recrystallization or of properties of the resulting sheets demands a high accuracy of rolling texture simulations. The present paper introduces a fast “simple”, i.e. non-FEM based, model for improved rolling texture predictions. In comparison to the classical rolling texture models, the new scheme gives significantly improved texture predictions with much more realistic rolling textures.