Analytical approach in determination of the surface layer parameters of machine parts hardened by a moving elastic indenter

Abstract

The reducing of machine time during surface hardening by smoothening is possible by increasing in the contact length between the hardening element and part surface. We study the case: the indenter-working surface is a fragment of a cylindrical surface, which the symmetry axis is parallel to the axis of symmetry of the part hardened surface. We suggest that such a process scheme is corresponds to a 2D contact problem in which a cylindrical stamp moves in an inertial coordinate system along an elastic half-plane (circle). We tasking the boundary conditions in the contact zone, using the complex potentials developed in the works of L.N. Galin.