Deep cryogenic treatment produces a significant enhancement in the mechanical properties of metals. In this research paper, the mechanical properties of Aluminium Silicon composite were studied when they were subjected to deep cryogenic treatment. Samples were prepared from two different compositions of Aluminum silicon composites (Al 2024_5%SiC & 10%SiC). The samples were given controlled cryogenic treatment at -186oC. Treated samples were compared with un-treated samples for their compressive strength, hardness and metallurgical changes. The treated samples have shown an improved compressive strength. The improvement is supplemented by the hardness survey and micro-structural changes.
Abstract. Low plasticity burnishing (LPB) is a new method of surface improvement, which raises the burnishing to the next level of sophistication. LPB can provide deep compression for unproved surface characteristics. The study focuses on the surface roughness, micro-hardness and surface integrity aspects on soft AISI 420 STAVAX ESR martensitic stainless steel. This material is pronounced as difficult to cut materials like titanium, Inconel 718 etc. The investigation of surface integrity was done on this materials in terns of operating parameters like sliding speed, feed rate and depth of penetration (DOP) identifying the predominant factors among the selected parameters. The steel balls used were cryogenically treated at sub zero temperature of -176 degrees. The process can be applied to critical components effectively as the LPB process has cycle time advantages and also low investment cost. This can also be realized by introducing on high speed machines. This process was studied by using cryogenically treated 15.80mm ball diameter at various operating parameters. This also improved on concentricity of work material. The DOP also helps to improve on surface and sub-surface hardness and close roundness. There are limitations on DOP beyond which the surface deteriorated. It was obtained that high spindle rotation with low feed rate produced low surface roughness and high surface hardness. This is best suited for materials which can't be heat treated to obtain surface hardness.
Machining of materials is to produce desired shape and size with smooth surfaces for the performance. Machining is carried out using various cutting tools starting high speed steel to recently developed tools like CBN and PCBN etc. These tools are used to machine difficult to cut materials like high strength alloy steels, stainless steel, Inconel 718, Titanium etc. The inserts used are thrown out or no longer required for finish machining. It can be used for rough machining where smooth surface is not primary important and subjected to subsequent machining using fresh inserts. The used inserts can be used subsequently by subjecting them cryogenic treatment at – 196◦ C in a closed chamber. It is longer process for more than 30 hours in a liquid nitrogen chamber. This treatment gives additional strength to cutting inserts to improve the cutting ability and wear resistance. The components used in high strength applications like an aerospace, automobile industries are treated with cryogenic process to improve wear strength. The operating parameters are cutting velocity, feed rate and constant depth of cut. In this research, CBN inserts after turning for 750 mm length was cryogenically treated and again used with same operating parameters as previous machining conditions. Each inserts were measured for flank wear by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) after treatment and re-used with same turning conditions as before. Performances of all inserts used were producing the same results or results near to same. The treated inserts were acting as fresh cutting edges. The results showed that cryogenically processed CBN inserts performed very close to previous results.
The elastic relaxation behavior of dual phase steel DP800 is studied in this investigation, based on experimental and numerical methods the true stress-true strain curve obtained from a standard uniaxial tensile test differs according to angular rolling direction The relationship between true stress and true strain are presented in the form of power law equation. This form of material constitutive model shows that the strength coefficient and strain hardening exponent vary significantly in describing the nonlinear true stress-true strain relationship of the material. Finite Element (FE) calculations with Belytschko-Lin-Tsay shell element formulation are performed using the non-linear FE code Ls-Dyna to predict the plastic deformation of the material. Power Law Isotropic Plasticity criterion is adopted for these numerical analyses. The local strains in plastic deformations zone and true stress-strains characteristics obtained by experiment are compared. Using the same parameter the simulation was applied in different modes which are known as Isotropic Elastic-Plastic Model and Piecewise Linear Isotropic Plasticity Model providd in Ls-Dyna simulation for comparison. In general, good agreement in results is obtained between Power Law Isotropic Plasticity Model is obtained compared to Isotropic Elastic-Plastic Model and Piecewise Linear Isotropic Plasticity Model. It is demonstratedthat the behavior of the strain and the Power law criterion can be determined from uniaxial tensile test with the aid of non-linear FE analyses.
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