Influence of nitriding temperature on surface structural characteristics and fatigue strength of steel

Authors

  • Valdas Kvedaras Klaipėda University
  • Antanas Čiuplys Kaunas University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.mech.21.5.11399

Keywords:

fatigue strength, gas nitriding, plain carbon steel, case depth, hardness

Abstract

In this research the influence of nitriding temperature on surface structural characteristics and fatigue strength of plain carbon steel (C45) was investigated. The samples were gas nitrided at different temperatures at constant nitriding time. The influence of such surface structural characteristics as case depth, hardness of the compound layer and case hardness on fatigue behaviour of nitrided steel was investigated. Also, the fatigue fracture surfaces nitrided and nonnitrided samples were observed by a scanning electron microscope. It was determined that the hard compound layer and  high compressive residual stresses in the nitrided layer are the two major factors in improving the fatigue strength of plain carbon steel. However, the deep case depth is not necessary to improve fatigue strength of examined steel. Investigation of fatigue fracture surfaces showed that the samples have higher fatigue resistance when the fatigue crack begins to develop under the nitrided (hardened) sample surface at the central part of „fish eye“ from structural stress concentrator – nonmetallic inclusion.

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.mech.21.5.11399

Author Biographies

Valdas Kvedaras, Klaipėda University

Faculty of Marine Engineering

Department of Technological Processing

Prof.

Antanas Čiuplys, Kaunas University of Technology

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design

Department of Production Engineering

Assoc. Prof.

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Published

2015-10-16

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Section

MECHANICS OF SOLID BODIES