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Surface Nanocrystallization and Numerical Modeling of Low Carbon Steel by Means of Ultrasonic Shot Peening

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Surface nanocrystallization of AISI-1018 steel was successfully realized by ultrasonic shot peening (USSP). The fabricated nanocrystalline surface layer was observed and characterized by means of scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. Experimental evidence indicates that after USSP, the initial coarse-grained structure (~20 µm) at the top surface layer was refined into ultrafine grains with random crystallographic orientation and the elongated grains were observed at the sub-surface layer. Nanograins (~100 nm) and nanocrystalline surface layer with the thickness of 1 µm were fabricated after USSP treatment of 20 minutes. By increasing the USSP treatment duration to 60 minutes, nanograins in the size of 20 nm and nanocrystalline surface layer with the thickness of not less than 10 µm were generated. To predict the generation of nanostructured surface layer by plastic strain, an analytical algorithm cooperating with finite element method was proposed to simulate the strain distribution and surface topography of the peened surface during USSP. The proposed algorithm was verified and the simulation results show a reasonable agreement with the experimental results.

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This work was supported by the Center for Technology Development at Purdue University and China Scholarship Council. The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge their supports.

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  1. Hubei Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology of Automotive Components, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China

    Fei Yin (Ph.D. Student), Shan Hu (Ph.D. Student) & Lin Hua (Professor)

  2. School of Engineering Technology, Purdue University, 401 North Grant Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA

    Fei Yin (Ph.D. Student), Xiaoming Wang (Assistant Professor) & Qingyou Han (Professor)

  3. Birck Nanotechnology Center, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Sergey Suslov (Scientist)

  4. Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar Foundation, PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar

    Sergey Suslov (Scientist)

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Yin, F., Hu, S., Hua, L. et al. Surface Nanocrystallization and Numerical Modeling of Low Carbon Steel by Means of Ultrasonic Shot Peening. Metall Mater Trans A 46, 1253–1261 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2689-z

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