Monte Carlo modelling of recrystallization mechanisms in wire-drawn copper from EBSD data.

In order to simulate the recrystallization process, Monte Carlo modelling has been applied to the case of wire-drawn copper deformed to a moderate strain. The complete experimental set of data was taken mainly from Electron Back Scattered Diffraction measurements in a Scanning Electron Microscope. Several nucleation hypothesis have been introduced and tested into the model. It has been shown that nucleation taking into account the sites associated with the highest stored energy and highest local misorientation leads to the best results in terms of recrystallization microstructure and texture. An important number of new orientations - that come only from annealing twinning - are not reproduced with the model, indicating the major role of this particular mechanism during the recrystallization process.