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Texture evolution across the forming route

The same ICME logic that validates a tensile case extends to rolling and forming — comparing routes, quantifying texture evolution, and showing where a process change is likely to matter most.

Process studies

One workflow, from initial grains to final texture

Rolling studies connect initial grain structure, thickness reduction, and texture development within a single workflow, rather than treating those observations as disconnected snapshots.

That makes the outputs useful both for interpreting measured maps and for deciding which process window deserves experimental follow-up — before committing time on the mill.

Left: IPF color maps of a 38-grain polycrystal at 0–80% thickness reduction — (a) parallel to the loading direction, (b) parallel to the stretching direction. Right: a 230 µm² section after 75% thickness reduction — (a) EBSD image of IF-steel, (b) simulated polycrystal.

Source: Sedighiani et al., Large-deformation crystal plasticity simulation of microstructure and microtexture evolution through adaptive remeshing, Int. J. Plasticity (2021).