Nitriding duration reduction without sacrificing mechanical characteristics and fatigue behavior: The beneficial effect of surface nano-crystallization by prior severe shot peening

Materials and Design

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 492-498

  Hassani Gangaraj, S M ^a,b   Moridi, A ^a,b   Guagliano, M ^a   Ghidini, A ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Lovere Plant   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue behavior; Hardening; Nitriding; Residual stress; Severe shot peening; Surface nano crystallization

Indexed keywords

HARDENING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALLIZATION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHOT PEENING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COMPETITIVE BUSINESS; FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; HIGH STRENGTH LOW ALLOY STEEL (HSLA); MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICROHARDNESS TESTS; NITRIDING PROCESS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

NITRIDING;

EID: 84887005755     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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