Strain energy release maximization model for recrystallization textures

Abstract

In 1995, the author advanced a model for the evolution of recrystallization texture. In the model the absolute maximum internal stress direction due to dislocations generated during deformation or fabrication in the fabricated material is aligned with the minimum Young’s modulus direction in recrystallized grains, whereby the energy release during recrystallization can be maximized. This comes from the fact that material concerned does not change macroscopically its shape and volume during recrystallization, and so the recrystallization is a displacement controlled process. This strain energy release maximization model originates from the presumption that the stored energy due to dislocations is the major driving force for the recrystallization. The absolute maximum internal stress direction may be obtained from the operating slip systems, which are related to the deformation mode and texture. If one slip system is activated, the absolute maximum normal stress direction is parallel to the slip direction, or the Burgers vector direction. If more than one slip system is activated, the absolute maximum normal stress direction can be determined by the vector sum of related slip directions, taking their contribution to slip into account. This paper discusses recrystallization textures of plastically deformed and electrodeposited metals, based on the model. A brief comment was made also on the growth textures of axisymmetrically deformed copper and silver and electrodeposited silver and Fe-Ni alloy.