High temperature characterization and material model calibration for hot stamping of AA7075 aluminium sheet

This paper presents an overview of the elevated temperature characterization of AA7075 aluminium sheet and calibration of a custom material model implemented in LS-DYNA. The plasticity characterization was performed by isothermal tensile testing while formability characterization was performed via isothermal Nakazima testing in a wide range of temperatures and strain rates. A special heat treatment path representative of the hot stamping was developed and applied in both series of tests. The material model included Hill'48 yield with a non-associated flow rule and phenomenological damage model similar to GISSMO but extended to cover non-isothermal conditions.