Inverse calibration of out-of-plane shear anisotropy parameters of sheet metal

The accurate description of sheet metal forming processes such as blanking, riveting, incremental forming, and ironing strongly depends on understanding the material’s through-thickness shear resistance and plastic behavior. A three-dimensional model of plastic anisotropy is required to capture this behavior, but calibrating the out-of-plane shear parameters is often challenging. Researchers frequently assume isotropy or set the in-plane and out-of-plane shear parameters equal. More advanced approaches use a crystal plasticity model, which also requires calibration based on available material texture data. In this work, we introduce an out-of-plane shear test procedure that combines a macromechanical test with digital image correlation to inversely calibrate the shear anisotropy parameters of the YLD2004-18p yield function. This method efficiently characterizes both in-plane and out-of-plane shear anisotropy in medium-thick sheet metals.