Effect of tensile prestrain on the yield locus of 1100-f aluminium

Abstract

A series of combined stress tests in torsion-tension space is carried out on thin-walled tubes of 1100-F commercially pure aluminium. One initial and four subsequent yield loci are established to a maximum prestrain level of 14 per cent tensile plastic strain. The results are analysed in terms of a proposed, rationally based, yield criterion constructed according to statistical reasoning. It is shown that during prestrain a significant degree of geometrical distortion is undergone by the yield loci, accompanied by a strong Bauschinger effect and a flattening of part of the locus opposite to the loading point. It is found that the yield locus does not rotate during prestrain and, contrary to the case for torsion prestrain, exhibits evidence of a sharply rounded corner developing at the loading point. The proposed criterion is shown to fit the experimental results extremely well and the mechanism of distortion is explained in terms of a statistical model for work-hardening materials.