Carbide-facilitated nanocrystallization of martensitic laths and carbide deformation in AISI 420 stainless steel during laser shock peening

C Wang, K Luo, J Wang, J Lu - International Journal of Plasticity, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques such as laser shock peening (LSP) have been
widely adopted to modify microstructure of materials. Understanding the plastic deformation …

Understanding the nanostructure evolution and the mechanical strengthening of the M50 bearing steel during ultrasonic shot peening

X Yue, S Hu, X Wang, Y Liu, F Yin, L Hua - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic shot peening (USP) is a surface engineering technology used to enhance the
mechanical properties of the components during manufacturing. M50 steel is one of the …

Obvious improvement in electrochemical and long-term immersion corrosion resistance of AISI 420 martensitic stainless steel using laser shock peening

C Wang, K Luo, J Cai, J Lu - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of laser shock peening (LSP) on electrochemical and long-term immersion
corrosion behaviors of AISI 420 martensitic stainless steel in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution were …

Under-stoichiometric cementite in decomposing binary Fe-C pearlite exposed to rolling contact fatigue

PY Tung, X Zhou, D Mayweg, L Morsdorf, M Herbig - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the fundamentals of deformation-driven cementite
decomposition during rolling contact fatigue in a binary Fe-0.74 C (wt.%) steel with pearlitic …

The role of size and volume fraction of carbides on hydrogen embrittlement and white etching areas formation in bearing steel under dynamic loading

A Panda, L Davis, P Ramkumar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite of more than two decades of research in white etching areas (WEAs), this
phenomenon still persists in wind turbine gearbox bearings leading to a reduction of L 10 …

Microstructure evolution and surface strengthening behavior of 300 M ultrahigh strength steel under engineered surface treatments

J Dang, H Wang, C Wang, Q An, Y Li, H Wang… - Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, the most efficient and common engineered surface treatments identified as shot
peening (SP), laser shock peening (LSP) and ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) …

Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of 6Cr13 martensitic stainless steel subjected to cold rolling and heat treatments

R Wang, Z Yan, J He, W Fan, Y Li, Y Hu, Y Kang… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of 6Cr13 martensitic stainless steel
subjected to cold rolling and subsequent heat treatments were investigated. The …

Cementite decomposition in 100Cr6 bearing steel during high-pressure torsion: Influence of precipitate composition, size, morphology and matrix hardness

S Kiranbabu, PY Tung, L Sreekala, TS Prithiv… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Premature failure of rail and bearing steels by White-Etching-Cracks leads to severe
economic losses. This failure mechanism is associated with microstructure decomposition …

Leveraging Deep Neural Networks for Estimating Vickers Hardness from Nanoindentation Hardness

J Niu, B Miao, J Guo, Z Ding, Y He, Z Chi, F Wang… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
This research presents a comprehensive analysis of deep neural network models (DNNs)
for the precise prediction of Vickers hardness (HV) in nitrided and carburized M50NiL steel …

Retarding effect of submicron carbides on short fatigue crack propagation: Mechanistic modeling and Experimental validation

J Zhang, H Chen, H Fu, Y Cui, C Wang, H Chen… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
High-strength steels generally contain a large number of spherical carbides with the size
ranging from several hundred nanometers to several micrometers, which have an important …