Simulation of springback in V-bending process by elasto-plastic finite element method with consideration of bauschinger effect

This paper presents the prediction of springback in sheet metal forming in terms of the description of the Bauschinger effect. It addresses three different types of constitutive models: an iso-tropic hardening model (IH model), a linearly kinematic hardening model (LK model), and a model of combined linearly-non-linearly kinematic and isotropic hardening (L-NK+IH model). The springback predicted by the L-NK+IH model is found to be more pronounced than that by the IH and the LK model. It is caused by the stress-strain response characterized by the gradual transition from fully elastic to plastic behavior during stress-reversal, which is essential to the L-NK+IH model.