Spring-back evaluation of automotive sheets based on isotropic-kinematic hardening laws and non-quadratic anisotropic yield functions: Part I: theory and formulation

In order to improve the prediction capability of spring-back in automotive sheet forming processes, the modified Chaboche type combined isotropic-kinematic hardening law was formulated based on the modified equivalent plastic work principle to account for the Bauschinger effect and transient behavior. As for the yield stress function, the non-quadratic anisotropic yield potential, Yld2000-2d, was utilized under the plane stress condition. Besides the theoretical aspect of the constitutive law including the general plastic work principle for monotonously proportional loading, the method to determine hardening parameters as well as numerical formulations to update stresses were developed based on the incremental deformation theory and the consistency requirement as summarized in Part I, while the characterization of material properties and verifications with experiments are discussed in Part II and III, respectively.