Abstract
Steel samples have been prepared with a range of different equi-axed grain structures and with columnar grains having an aspect ratio of ~ 20:1. These have been cold rolled to different reductions and the textures examined using ODFs. Computer simulations have been carried out using various models of constraint. Starting textures were quite weak but these had nevertheless a major influence on resulting deformation textures. Grain size and shape appear to play subordinate roles.