Yield locus evolution and constitutive parameter identification using plane strain tension and tensile tests

An inverse calibration strategy to determine the constitutive parameters of phenomenological advanced yield criteria in a convenient and economical manner is presented. The studies on the shape of the yield loci for various steel types revealed that their work contours exhibit almost no evolution in the vicinity of the equibiaxial tension after roughly 4% equivalent strain. In other words, the ratio between balanced biaxial and uniaxial stresses of the yield locus reaches a saturation value after undergoing some deformation. Accordingly, the balanced biaxial stresses can be associated with the tensile flow stresses in the rolling direction by means of a constant factor, which can be generalized for different steel families. Based on this, an alternative inverse-analysis strategy using the tensile and plane strain tension tests will be proposed and validated within this work. Cup drawing tests have been applied to assess the accuracy of the optimized yield loci for different strain paths.