Texture Evolution During Cold Forming of Rectangular Hollow Section

Abstract

This work aims to study the effect of cold forming on the texture evolution during the manufacturing of rectangular hollow sections. Conventional TMCP steel and a direct-quenched steel in 420 MPa strength level are compared. The texture was characterized at the centerline (S=0) and both surfaces (S=0.8) for base material, four flat side and one corner samples of the rectangular hollow section. The results show that the flat sides of both steels have the minor intensity of ∼{554}<225> and ∼{112}<110> texture components and an intense texture component of ∼{001}<110> in the centerline. Generally, any significant difference between four flat size samples was not found and texture intensities of the conventional TMCP steel were slightly sharper compared to direct-quenched steel. The most important change is observed with the inner corner samples, where the randomly oriented texture in the base material and flat side samples changes to the {110}<111>/<112> shear texture components.