The evolution of the Goss and Cube textures in electrical steel

Abstract

The hot-rolled Fe-3%Si alloy sheets with shear deformation textures were cold-rolled by 80% reduction in thickness and annealed at 800 degrees C. The major components in the hot-rolling textures were {214}< 121 >, {113}< 332 >, {110}< 113 >, and {110}< 001 >. The main components in the 80% cold-rolling textures are {111} < 112 > and < 110 > //RD fiber. After the recrystallization, the Goss {110}< 001 > and Cube {010}< 100 > textures strongly developed. According to the calculation of the cold-rolling and recrystallization textures, these components originated from the {110}< 001 > and {110}< 113 > components in the hot-rolling textures. The evolution of the cold-rolling and recrystallization textures was discussed based on the visco-plastic self-consistent (VPSC) deformation model and strain-energy-release-maximization (SERM) model. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.