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The physical, mechanical properties and formability of sheet metal depend on preferred crystallographic orientations (texture). In this research work, we investigated texture development and formability of AA 3003 aluminum alloy sheets after asymmetry rolling and subsequent heat treatment. After asymmetry rolling, the specimens showed fine grain size. We also investigated the change of the plastic strain ratios after asymmetry rolling and subsequent heat-treating condition. The plastic strain ratios of asymmetrically rolled and subsequent heat treated samples are 1.5 times higher than the initial AA 3003 Al alloy sheets. These could be attributed to the formation of ND//<111> texture component through asymmetry rolling in Al sheet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The microstructure, pole figure and r-value of the frictionally rolled and subsequently heat treated AA 5052 Al sheets were investigated by optical microscopy, x-ray diffractometer and tensile tester, respectively. Frictionally rolled AA 5052 Al specimens showed a fine grain size. After subsequently heat treated specimens, the ND//<111> texture component was increased. The r-values of the frictionally rolled and subsequently heat treated Al alloy sheets were about two times higher than those of the original Al sheets. These could be related to the formation of ND//<111> texture components through frictional rolling in and subsequent heat treatment of AA 5052 Al sheet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]