Applications of Multi-Scale Models to Numerical Simulation and Experimental Analysis of Anisotropic Elastoplastic Behavior of Metallic Sheets

In this paper anisotropic mechanical behavior of AA2024 aluminum and Ti6Al4V titanium alloys were studied using three different approaches: unified, multi-mechanism and polycrystalline. The theoretical formulations of studied elastoplastic models are first described. Thereafter, some numerical results concerning the simulation of a uniaxial tension test applied to thin metallic sheets are presented. Comparison between experimental results (taken from the literature) and numerical simulations shows that the multi-mechanism and polycrystalline models describe slightly better the anisotropy when considering all the directions. Finally, numerical simulations of a deep drawing test of AA2024 aluminum thin sheets will be analyzed.