Understanding the Anisotropic Tensile Deformation Behavior of Commercially Pure Titanium by Experiments and Crystal Plasticity Simulations

Current work reveals the anisotropic tensile deformation mechanisms of commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) along rolling direction (RD) and transverse direction (TD) by the statistical analysis of electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) data and crystal plasticity (CP) simulations. The analysis of texture evolution, misorientation angle distribution, in-grain misorientation axis (IGMA) and Schmid factor indicates that the anisotropic tensile deformation behavior is originating from the anisotropic slip modes. Further CP simulation results confirm this conjecture and reveal that the higher fraction of basal slip accommodates the deformation and leads to the lower strain hardening behavior along TD. The lower uniform elongation along TD is caused by the heterogeneous strain distribution in the microstructure as deduced from digital image correlation (DIC) results and kernel average misorientation (KAM) maps.