Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Kinematic Hardening Behavior in Sheet Metals.

Characterization of material hardening behavior has been investigated by many researchers in the past decades. Experimental investigation of thin sheet metals under cyclic loading has become a challenging issue. A new test fixture has been developed to use with a regular tensile-compression machine (for example, MTS machine). Experimental results of tension-compression tests are presented followed by a review of existing testing methods. Numerical modeling of the tested data is presented using a new kinematic hardening model. © 2007 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]