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Identification of Post-Necking Hardening Phenomena in Ductile Sheet Metal

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A combined theoretical/experimental approach accurately quantifying post-necking hardening phenomena in ductile sheet materials that initially exhibit diffuse necking in tension is presented. The method is based on the minimization of the discrepancy between the internal and the external work in the necking zone during a quasi-static tensile test. The main focus of this paper is on the experimental validation of the method using an independent material test. For this purpose, the uniaxial tube expansion test is used to obtain uniaxial strain hardening behavior beyond the point of maximum uniform strain in a tensile test. The proposed method is used to identify the post-necking hardening behavior of a cold rolled interstitial-free steel sheet. It is demonstrated that commonly adopted phenomenological hardening laws cannot accurately describe all hardening stages. An alternative phenomenological hardening model is presented which enables to disentangle pre- and post-necking hardening behavior. Additionally, the influence of the yield surface on the identified post-necking hardening behavior is scrutinized. The results of the proposed method are compared with the hydraulic bulge test. Unlike the hydraulic bulge test, the proposed method predicts a decreased hardening rate in the post-necking regime which might be associated with probing stage IV hardening. While inconclusive, the discrepancy with the hydraulic bulge test suggests differential work hardening at large plastic strains.

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SC is a postdoctoral fellow supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The authors would also acknowledge the support of Dr. S. Cooreman, Prof. A. Yamanaka, Prof. D. Debruyne, Dr. P. Lava and Mr. K. Ichikawa.

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  2. Division of Advanced Mechanical Systems Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan

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Coppieters, S., Kuwabara, T. Identification of Post-Necking Hardening Phenomena in Ductile Sheet Metal. Exp Mech 54, 1355–1371 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-014-9900-4

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