Combining XRD with Hole-Drilling Method in Residual Stress Gradient Analysis of Laser Hardened C45 Steel

Abstract:

LLocalized laser hardening of steel surfaces performed with optimal parameters not only hardens the surface layer, but is also capable of generating advantageous hook-like shape of residual stress depth distribution. Upon combining two most common methods of XRD and hole-drilling, the residual stresses up to the depth of 3 mm were analysed for two widths of high-powered diode laser beam. Narrower laser beam generates wider area with compressive stresses and the diffraction technique as compared with hole-drilling method always indicates higher values of compressive residual stress maxima.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 996)
• Pages: 277-282
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.996.277
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Kamil Kolařík*, Zdenek Pala, Nikolaj Ganev, Frantisek Fojtik
• Keywords: Depth Distribution, Hole-Drilling Method, Laser Hardening, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

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