Modeling twinning and detwinning behavior of Mg alloy ZK60A during monotonic and cyclic loading

A recently developed crystal plasticity model for describing twinning and detwinning behavior is employed to simulate the behavior of extruded Mg alloy, ZK60A. Notably, accounting for the initial texture and calibrating the model using tension and compression along one direction permits prediction of the strength anisotropy, strength asymmetry, and strain hardening behavior along other directions, for cases for which the contribution of …