Numerical and experimental analysis of the residual stresses induced by shot peening in automotive springs. / Análise numérico-experimental das tensões residuais induzidas por jateamento com granalha em molas automotivas.

AUTOR(ES)

Miguel Angel Calle Gonzales

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The shot peening is a cold-working mechanical process where a stream of tiny small balls is impelled against the surface of components. Each impact causes plastic deformation and introduces compressive residual stresses on the surface, which consequently increases their resistance to fatigue. This process is widely used in the automotive industry, particularly in the treatment of automotive springs due to high cyclic loads required. An improved variant of the shot peening process for leaf springs is the stress peening, in which a flexion pre-load is imposed to bend the spring while a conventional shot peening process is applied, resulting in an increase in the intensity of the process. In this work, numerical models of the shot peening and the stress peening process were created to be applied to automotive leaf springs. To analyze the induced residual stress field the finite elements method was used. Numerical models include: dynamic explicit formulation, three-dimensional modeling of multiple impacts of balls on a plane target, the calculation of the real shot speed, friction between the contact areas, mechanical properties of ABNT 5160 steel (for automotive leaf springs), plastic work of the material and high strain rate sensitivity of the material. The indentation coverage progress over the analyzed area, the residual stresses, the remaining elastic and plastic strains induced by the shot peening were evaluated from the modeling. In this work an experimental programme was carried out to introduce and to evaluate residual stresses in one automotive leaf spring submitted to conventional shot peening and another submitted to stress peening. The experimental evaluation of the residual stresses was done using X-ray diffraction and incremental hole drilling techniques. Results for the numerical model are compared to the experimental measurements and the experimental measurement, as well as to numerical modeling results obtained by other authors. Finally, conclusions are drawn after comparing the numerical results to experimental ones.

ASSUNTO(S)

forjamento residual stress automotive spring shot peening tensão residual processos de fabricação

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