Deformation behavior of Mg-8.5wt.%Al alloy under reverse loading investigated by in-situ neutron diffraction and elastic viscoplastic self-consistent modeling

The EVPSC-TDT model for polycrystal plasticity and in-situ neutron diffraction have been used to investigate the behavior of a Mg-8.5wt.%Al alloy with two starting textures: 1) a typical extrusion texture in which a majority of the grains are oriented favorably for extension twinning via compression perpendicular to the basal pole, and 2) a modified texture in which extension twinning can be activated via tension parallel to the basal pole in a …