Abstract

The crystallographic texture and Vickers hardness which develop during wire-drawing of [001] oriented copper single crystals have been studied experimentally as well by simulations. The experiments revealed orientation changes producing cross-shaped patterns in the {200} pole figures and important variations in the Vickers hardness across the diameter. Metallographic investigations showed the presence of deformation bands perpendicular to the initial 〈100〉 directions. By adopting a model for the velocity field inside the die, simulations have been carried out by using a Taylor type rate sensitive crystal plasticity model, including microscopic hardening. The simulated pole figures show the features of the experimental ones and the predicted stress levels correlate well with the measured hardness data.