Damage phenomena in lubricated rolling-sliding wear of a gas carburised 0.85%Mo low-alloyed sintered steel: theoretical analysis and experimental verification |
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Authors: | Samuel Tesfaye Wolfgang Pahl |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Trento, Trento, Italy;2. GKN Sinter Metals AG, Bruneck, Italy |
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Abstract: | The resistance to surface and subsurface damage during lubricated rolling-sliding wear of a carburised low-alloy sintered steel and the effect of shot peening were investigated. The formation of both contact fatigue cracks and of brittle tensile cracks may be predicted by a theoretical model that was experimentally validated. Carburising is effective in increasing the resistance to contact fatigue, but pores in a hard and brittle matrix may act as pre-existing cracks. Shot peening increases the contact fatigue resistance since compressive residual stresses oppose the nucleation of surface cracks. |
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Keywords: | Contact fatigue surface tensile cracks carburising shot peening |
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