Journal
VACUUM
Volume 207, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2022.111552
Keywords
Fatigue; Crack growth rate; Severe shot peening; Plasma nitriding; AISI 4140
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This study investigated the effects of conventional shot peening, severe shot peening, and plasma nitriding on the fatigue crack growth of AISI 4140 low alloy steel. The results showed that severe shot peening treatment was the most effective in improving FCGR behavior, while the formation of a two-phase brittle structural white layer on the surface prevented effective FCGR improvement.
In this study, the effects of conventional shot peening (CSP), severe shot peening (SSP), and plasma nitriding (PN) on the fatigue crack growth (FCGR) of AISI 4140 low alloy steel were investigated. FCGR tests were performed on axial fatigue equipment, associated with slow-motion camera and COD gauge. As a result of the experiments, an improvement of 8% in CSP, 15% in SSP, and 5,5% in the PN operations were observed on the number of cycles of all specimens at 30 mm crack length. Particularly for SSP treatments, hardness, compressive stresses, and the creation of nano-crystallization on the surface provide the most effective improvement in FCGR behavior. Additionally, for PN, formation of nitrogen diffusion and effective hardness improvement showed positive results in FCGR behavior. CSP and SSP (particularly SSP) behaved dominant on the improvement of FCGR performance compared to PN treatment. The formation of two-phase brittle structural white layer on the surface prevented the effective FCGR improvement.
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