Phenomenological and crystal plasticity approaches to describe the mechanical behaviour of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy

This paper presents a multiscale study of the quasi-static behaviour of a Ti6Al4V titanium alloy sheet. Tensile and compressive tests were carried out on specimens along several orientations from the rolling direction in order to characterise the material anisotropy. In parallel, X-Ray diffraction texture measurements were performed before and after deformation in tension. A phenomenological model (CPB06exn) and a multiscale crystal plasticity model (Multisite) were investigated to describe the mechanical behaviour of the tested material. The identification of the material parameters provides good predictions of the plastic anisotropy using both tensile and compressive data. The crystal plasticity model is in good agreement with the experiments in tension but it was observed that some improvements should be done to take into account the tension-compression asymmetry displayed by the material. Moreover both models lead to a good prediction of the Lankford’s coefficients and yield strength.