Residual Stress Distribution Caused by Laser Hardening and Conventional Quenching in Plain Carbon Steel

Article Preview

Abstract:

Heat transfer during laser hardening occurs from the surface towards the bulk in contrast to conventional quenching, where it occurs from the bulk towards the surrounding. The residual stress distributions due to laser hardening and conventional quenching of plain carbon steel samples were measured using X-ray diffraction. The effect of changing the treatment parameters, that is laser power and feed rate, was examined on the resulting stress distribution. The relationship between the measured stress distribution and the evolved microstructure is established.

You have full access to the following eBook

Info:

* - Corresponding Author

[1] Krauss: Principles of Heat Treatment of Steel, ASM Metals Park, Ohio 1980, p.268.

Google Scholar

[2] G. Totten, M. Howes, T. Inoue: Handbook of Residual Stress and Deformation of Steel, ASM International, Ohio, (2002).

Google Scholar

[3] J. R. Davis, ASM Handbook of heat Treatment, ASM International, 1991, USA.

Google Scholar

[4] Valery Rudnev: Handbook of Induction Heating, Libary of Congress Cataloging – in-Publication Data, USA 2003 p.303.

Google Scholar

[5] R. E. Haimbaugh, Practical Induction Heat Treating, ASM International, (2001).

Google Scholar

[6] S. Denis, M. Boufoussi, J. Ch. Chevrier, A. Simon, Analysis of the development of residual stresses for surface hardening of steels by numerical simulation: Effect of process parameters. International Conference on Residual Stresses (ICRS4), Baltimore, MD, Society of Experimental Mechanics, 1994, pp.513-519.

Google Scholar

[7] J. R. Davis, Surface Hardening of Steels Understanding the Basics, ASM International, (2002).

Google Scholar

[8] C. Soriano, J. Leunda, J. Lammbarri, V. García Navas, C. Sanz, Effect of Laser Surface Hardening on the Microstructure, hardness and Residual Stresses of Austempered Ductile Iron grades, Applied Surface Science, 257 (2011) 7101-7106.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.03.059

Google Scholar

[9] Y. S. Yang, S. J. Na, A Study on Residual Stresses in Laser Surface Hardening of a Medium Carbon Steel, Surface and Coating Technology, 38 (1989) 311-324.

DOI: 10.1016/0257-8972(89)90093-5

Google Scholar

[10] G. S. Schajer, Practical Residual Stress Measurement Methods, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., (2013).

Google Scholar