Effects of shot peening on bending fatigue strength of spring steel SS 2090

Abstract

The influence of prior surface condition and of a shot peening treatment on the bending fatigue strength of a standard Si–Cr spring steel (SS 2090) has been investigated. This steel was initially hardened and tempered to a hardness of 52–54 HRC. After shot peening, compressive residual stresses had been introduced into a surface layer of depth ~0·3 mm, with the maximum value of ~1000 MN m^?2 being found close to the surface. The effect of this treatment was to increase the fatigue limit by ~40% to 890 MN m^?2. Coincident with this increase was a change in the site of fatigue initiation from a surface to a subsurface location beneath the compressive residual stress layer. The initiating inclusions, which were 20–40 μm in size, were analysed and found to be Al₂O₃. At stress amplitudes greater than the fatigue limit, initiation was invariably found to occur at the surface and was not always due to inclusions. Inclusion initiated failure has been modelled using the size and spatial distribution of inclusions in the test bars in addition to the variation of applied and residual stresses through the section. A crack propagation criterion based on linear elastic fracture mechanics is used, assuming that propagation is controlled by stress intensity threshold value. It is assumed that small cracks exist at oxide inclusions from the beginning of the fatigue life and that failure is associated with the propagation of one of these cracks.

MST/1392     

Improvement in the fatigue strength of chromium electroplated AISI 4340 steel by shot peening

In landing gear, an important mechanical component for high responsible applications, wear and corrosion control is currently accomplished by chrome plating or hard anodising. However, some problems are associated with these operations. Experimental results have also shown that chrome‐plated specimens have fatigue strength lower than those of uncoated parts, attributed to high residual tensile stress and microcracks density contained into the coating. Under fatigue conditions these microcracks propagate and will cross the interface coating‐substrate and penetrate base metal without impediment. Shot peening is a surface process used to improve fatigue strength of metal components due to compressive residual stresses induced in the surface layers of the material, making the nucleation and propagation of fatigue cracks difficult. This investigation is concerned with analysis of the shot peening influence on the rotating bending fatigue strength of hard chromium electroplated AISI 4340 steel. Specimens were submitted to shot peening treatment with steel and ceramic shots and, in both cases, experimental results show increase in the fatigue life of AISI 4340 steel hard chromium electroplated, up to level of base metal without chromium. Peening using ceramic shot resulted in lower scatter in rotating bending fatigue data than steel shots.     

Increased fatigue strength of partially stabilised zirconia achieved by shot peening

The effects of shot peening (SP) on the fatigue strength of partially stabilised zirconia were studied. Smooth specimens and specimens containing a surface pre-crack with depths in the range 35–110?μm were subjected to SP. The cyclic fatigue tests were performed using a three-point bending setup. SP introduced compressive residual stresses on the specimens and improved their fatigue strengths. The shot peened specimens with pre-crack depths?≤?50?μm fractured outside the pre-crack area and exhibited considerably high fatigue limits, equivalent to those of the shot peened smooth specimens. Therefore, the pre-cracks with depths?≤?50?μm could be rendered harmless by SP, which was confirmed by the theoretical estimations based on fracture mechanics.     

A stress approach model for predictions of fatigue life by shot peening of EN45A spring steel

A lot of research has been done to improve fatigue strength of materials by creating compressive residual stress field in their surface layers through shot peening. In this paper, fatigue strength of shot peened leaf springs has been calculated from laboratory samples. The axial fatigue strength of EN45A spring steel specimen is evaluated experimentally as a function of shot peening in the conditions used for full-scale leaf springs testing in industries. Optimum shot peening condition for specimen is found and S/N curves of the specimens are correlated with leaf springs curve. A mathematical model has been developed which predicts the fatigue life of leaf springs for a given stress at varying shot peening conditions. Predictions from this model are compared with experimental data. The estimation of fatigue life and relaxation of compressive residual stress field are discussed.     

Influence of shot peening parameters on high‐cycle fatigue strength of steel produced by powder metallurgy process

In this study, the effect of shot peening parameters on fatigue strength of steel manufactured by powder metallurgy (PM) was investigated. Steel material obtained from Höganas ASC 100.29 in chemical composition of Fe–0.5% C–2% Cu was produced by using a single action press PM process. To determine the effect of shot peening parameters on fatigue performance, fatigue tests were performed on 20 unpeened and 80 shot‐peened samples, which were machined from sintered steel. Furthermore, shot‐peened samples were peened at different peening intensities, 100% and 200% saturation and full coverage conditions. Fatigue performance of steel, produced by PM process, was improved by surface peening process. For the studied PM steel, the best fatigue performance was obtained with the samples that were shot peened at 20 Almen intensity and 100% saturation. Fatigue strength and limit of the samples, however, were reduced after a certain cold work level. Higher intensity and saturation levels of peening process thus deteriorated the beneficial effect on fatigue strength and limit.     

喷丸过程中的能量转化及残余应力分布研究

本文建立了喷丸表面强化过程的三维有限元模型,研究了靶材的力学性能及弹丸喷射速度对能量转化率和残余应力分布的影响规律。通过对有限元计算结果的分析发现,杨氏模量与屈服强度之比E/&;#61555;y较大,应变硬化率较低的靶材喷丸效率较高。屈服强度的提高使得最大残余压应力变大,残余压应力场深度变小。应变硬化率和喷丸速度的提高均会使最大残余压应力及其深度变大,同时会使表面残余压应力减小并向拉应力转变。本文的研究结果从能量转化的角度为喷丸强化件材料的选择提供了理论基础     

Developments in the shot peening process

Fatigue strength improvements of the order of 20%–40% are possible with the generation by controlled shot-peening of predictable compressive stresses at the surface of components. The control of the process is now more standardised than previously.     

Effects of electroless deposition and shot peening on fatigue strength of 30CrMo4 steel

Abstract

Electroless nickel coatings cause a marked decrease in the fatigue strength of the base steel. For the 30CrMo4 steel used in the present work, the fatigue limit is reduced by electroless deposition by 39, 52, and 55% for heat treatment conditions of 200°C for 1 h, 400°C for 1 h, and 600°C for 3 h, respectively. Shot peening before deposition can increase the fatigue strength for material heat treated at 200 and 400°C, but reduces the fatigue strength for material heat treated at 600°C. Under all conditions, the loss of fatigue strength is primarily due to the poor fatigue properties of the coating and the weak interface between the coating and the substrate. The main factors which affect the fatigue properties of coated samples are the coating ductility, the interface bonding, and the residual stress within the coating.

MST/3123     

Improvement of fatigue properties by shot peening for Mg-10Gd-3Y alloys under different conditions

In the present study we investigated the influence of shot peening on the high cycle fatigue (HCF) performance of the Mg-10Gd-3Y magnesium alloys in four different conditions referred to as-cast, cast-T6, as-extruded and extruded-T5, respectively. The results show that shot peening can cause different degree of enhancement of fatigue performance for Mg-10Gd-3Y alloys depending on the Almen peening intensity applied; and that the Almen intensity could always be found that conferred the optimum improvement. The effect of shot peening was quantified, and for the as-extruded and extruded-T5 alloys it was found to be superior to that for the as-cast and cast-T6 alloys. The peened extruded-T5 Mg-10Gd-3Y alloy showed the highest fatigue strength at 10⁷ cycles of 240 MPa. The results of the analyses established a connection between the grain size, ductility and precipitates within the studied alloys. Microstructure affected the magnitude of the surface roughness induced by shot peening and also the maximum compressive residual stress and its relaxation during fatigue, and then determine the beneficial effect of shot peening.     

Constrained probabilistic multi-objective optimization of shot peening process

Shot peening is a cold working process used for improving the fatigue strength of metallic components. An optimum set of peening parameters must increase the residual compressive stress (RCS), but reduce the surface roughness and cold work for improving the fatigue strength. The optimization is made robust to avoid any unfeasible solution that may arise out of random variations of input variables. The current study uses the well-known Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments (DACE) methodology for optimization, which is better than the conventional Design of Experiments (DoE) approach. It employs a finite element method based unit cell approach to determine the RCS, surface roughness and cold work of a given material. Radial basis functions are used to develop the meta-models. A genetic algorithm (GA) is employed for finding a robust and optimum set of shot peening parameters for a given material. With this approach, the operator will achieve the optimum solution specified by the designer.     

Mechanism modelling of shot peening effect on fatigue life prediction

A new mechanism modelling is proposed in this paper to explain the shot peening effect on fatigue life predictions of mechanical components. The proposed methodology is based on the crack growth analysis of shot peened specimens, which are affected by the interaction of surface roughness and residual stress produced during the shot peening process. An asymptotic stress intensity factor solution is used to include the surface roughness effect and a time‐varying residual stress function is used to change the crack tip stress ratio during the crack propagation. Parametric studies are performed to investigate the effects of surface roughness and the residual stress relaxation rate. Following this, a simplified effective residual stress model is proposed based on the developed mechanism modelling. A wide range of experimental data is used to validate the proposed mechanism modelling. Very good agreement is observed between experimental data and model predictions.     

Technical note A study on stress, reflection and double shot peening to inrease compressive residual stress

The technique of shot peening is commonly used to increase the fatigue limit of a steel. However, there are many practical difficulties in applying it to very high HV steel and complicated components. To overcome these problems, the authors proposed two new methods: stress double shot peening and stress reflection double shot peening. Both techniques were applied to quench and tempered steel (QT steel) and induction-heated steel (IH steel). The main results were as follows: (a) by double shot peening, the compressive residual stress near the sample surface was increased considerably; (b) by stress shot peening, the maximum compressive residual stress ( σ _max ) and the surface compressive residual stress ( σ _s ) were greatly increased; (c) by stress double shot peening, very high compressive residual stresses ( σ _max = −1710 MPa and σ _s = −1320 MPa) were successfully introduced into a hard steel (HV = 700); (d) in the new method (stress reflection double shot peening), very high compressive residual stresses ( σ _max = −1760 MPa and σ _s = −1460 MPa) were successfully introduced into a hard steel (HV = 700).     

Life assessment methodologies incoroporating shot peening process effects: mechanistic consideration of residual stresses and strain hardening Part 2 – approaches to fatigue lifing after shot peening

Abstract

Shot peening is a well known process applied to components in order to improve their fatigue resistance. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in including the effects of the shot peening process in life assessment models since this would allow a reduction in conservatism compared to those in current application. Part 1 of this review dealt with the effects of the shot peening process (surface roughening, strain hardening and compressive residual stresses) and the resulting effect on component fatigue life. This part of the review considers how this effect on component fatigue life can be incorporated into life assessment modelling approaches with discussion of the relative merits of each approach. The paper concludes with a flow chart demonstrating a possible route for the inclusion of shot peening effects within industrial component life assessment frameworks.     

Effect of shot peening on fatigue performance of ductile iron castings

Abstract

Ductile iron is a commonly used structural material. However the unsatisfactory fatigue performance has limited its application for some dynamic loads. Shot peening is a mechanical surface modification process to extend the fatigue life of materials. Results of the influence of the shot peening treatment on ductile iron castings with as-cast surface and machined surface are presented. The results showed that shot peening ductile iron castings could double the fatigue life for an as-cast surface and quadruple the fatigue life for a machined surface. It is believed that shot peening affects fatigue life through the retardation of crack nucleation and growth as a result of the introduction of work hardening, the existence of compressive stresses on the surface layer, and the removal of the surface irregularities of the ductile iron castings.     

Effect of shot peening on fatigue limit of surface flawed samples

The effects of shot peening on the fatigue limit of specimens having a semicircular notch of varied surface length, 2a , are investigated. In the case of un-peened specimens, the fatigue limit of specimens having a notch of a = 0.05 mm was equal to that of the un-notched specimens. However, the fatigue limit of a = 0.3 mm was 46% smaller than that of the un-notched specimens. On the contrary, in the case of peened specimens, the fatigue limit of a = 0.2 mm was equal to that of the un-notched specimens and furthermore, that of a = 0.3 mm was only 5% smaller than that of the un-notched specimens. Multiple non-propagating cracks were observed in peened specimens after fatigue testing. The stress intensity factor of the maximum non-propagating crack size corresponded to that of a = 0.2 mm notch. These results indicate that shot peening increases fatigue limit and decreases the likelihood that a surface flaw will result in failure.     

激光喷丸强化对半圆孔件疲劳寿命的影响

为研究激光喷丸强化对7075-T6铝合金半圆孔件疲劳寿命的影响,对激光喷丸与未喷丸的试样进行了对比试验,利用X射线应力仪测定其表面残余应力,并对试样进行疲劳拉伸试验.用扫描电镜观察了两类试样疲劳断口的形貌,并采用数理统计方法对其疲劳寿命进行分析.研究表明:经激光喷丸处理区域,表面存在较大的残余压应力,幅值为310 MPa;未喷丸试样疲劳裂纹条带的宽度为0.7~0.8μm,而喷丸试样疲劳裂纹条带的宽度为0.3~0.4μm,说明喷丸试样裂纹扩展的速度比未喷丸试样慢很多;激光喷丸后半圆孔件的疲劳寿命比未喷丸的疲劳寿命提高了2.8~7.2倍.     

Influence of residual stresses from shot peening on fretting fatigue crack growth

One method to improve fretting fatigue life is to shot peen the contact surfaces. Experimental fretting life results from specimens in a Titanium alloy with and without shot peened surfaces were evaluated numerically. The residual stresses were measured at different depths below the fretting scar and compared to the corresponding residual stress profile of an unfretted surface. Thus, the amount of stress relaxation during fretting tests was estimated. Elastic–plastic finite element computations showed that stress relaxation was locally more significant than that captured in the measurements. Three different numerical fatigue crack growth models were compared. The best agreement between experimental and numerical fatigue lives for both peened and unpeened specimens was achieved with a parametric fatigue growth procedure that took into consideration the growth behaviour along the whole front of a semi‐elliptical surface crack. Furthermore, the improved fretting fatigue life from shot peening was explained by slower crack growth rates in the shallow surface layer with compressive residual stresses from shot peening. The successful life analyses hinged on three important issues: an accurate residual stress profile, a sufficiently small start crack and a valid crack growth model.     

Surface modifications induced by shot peening and their effect on the plane bending fatigue strength of a Cr-Mo steel produced by powder metallurgy

The effect of shot peening on the plane bending fatigue strength of a 7.1 g/cm³ sintered Cr-Mo steel was investigated. Shot peening provides surface densification, strain hardening, compressive residual stresses up to −700 MPa, without impairing the dimensional and geometrical precision of specimens. Plane bending fatigue strength increases of 30%, irrespective to the different residual stress profiles obtained by changing the shot peening parameters. The improvement is mainly due to the surface densification and strain hardening.     

Effect of severe shot peening on ultra-high-cycle fatigue of a low-alloy steel

It is well known that shot peening is able to increase the fatigue strength and endurance of metal parts, especially with a steep stress gradient due to a notch. This positive effect is mainly put into relation with the ability of this treatment to induce a compressive residual stress state in the surface layer of material and to cause surface work hardening. Recently the application of severe shot peening (shot peening performed with severe treatment parameters) showed the ability to obtain more a remarkable improvement of the high cycle fatigue strength of steels. In this paper severe shot peening is applied to the steel 50CrMo4 and its effect in the ultra-high cycle fatigue regime is investigated. Roughness, microhardness, X-ray diffraction residual stress analysis and crystallite size measurement as well as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations were used for characterizing the severely deformed layer. Tension–compression high frequency fatigue tests were carried out to evaluate the effect of the applied treatment on fatigue life in the ultra-high cycle region. Fracture surface analysis by using SEM was performed with aim to investigate the mechanism of fatigue crack initiation and propagation. Results show an unexpected significant fatigue strength increase in the ultra-high cycle region after SSP surface treatment and are discussed in the light of the residual stress profile and crystallite size.