Correlation of roping and texture in AA6111 automotive sheet

A 'simplified roping method' for analyzing the development of roping is used to explore the correlation between individual texture components and roping in AA6111 automotive sheets. The texture profile Γ is introduced to describe the intensity and spacing of the distribution of the 'hard' and 'soft' textures. It is confirmed that there is a strong correspondence between the texture profile Γ and surface profile χ+.