Materials Science Forum, Vol.408-4, 1425-1430, 2002
Effect of initial textures on the texture of aluminum after asymmetrical rolling
A study has been made of the textures of initially P fiber, rotated cube, random, and cube textured aluminum sheets after asymmetric rolling by 50 and 80%. Asymmetric rolling, in which the ratio of upper to lower roll diameter is larger than unity, 1.5 in this study, imposes shear deformation and in turn shear (deformation) textures on sheets through the thickness. The beta fiber, rotated cube, random textures change to relatively well developed shear textures consisting of the ND //<111> and {001}<110> components whereas the random and cube textures changed to weak shear textures after asymmetric rolling.