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The relationship between surface roughness and burnishing factor in the burnishing process

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This investigation examines burnishing using a microscopic perspective and elucidates the mechanism of surface roughness improvement by asperity deformation. This study uses tribology theory to propose a burnishing factor L b to explain why the same burnishing result can be obtained in different burnishing conditions. The burnishing factor was determined by appropriate experiments, and the results demonstrated that a quadric curve relationship exists between surface roughness and burnishing factor and is analogous to the Stribeck curve in lubrication regimes.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10660, Taiwan ROC

    Y. C. Lin, S. W. Wang & H.-Y. Lai

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Lin, Y.C., Wang, S.W. & Lai, HY. The relationship between surface roughness and burnishing factor in the burnishing process. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 23, 666–671 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-002-1486-9

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