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In this report, the feasibility of a massively parallel, nanoscale laser shock peening process is investigated. This report will give a fundamental background on laser shock peening processes in general. The background will include a description of the mechanisms associated with laser shock peening, and the theory behind laser shock peening. The experiments that were performed to develop a nanoscale laser shock peening process will also be described in detail. The problems associated with different experiments and the results will be presented. / text

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T20:43:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Natany Dayani de Souza Assai.pdf: 1950917 bytes, checksum: a6c8b87bcaabbbdbf5ca798360a90bcc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-27 / The residual stress may decrease and redistribute through a process called relaxation. The relaxation of the residual stress is an important phenomenon in relation to the estimated fatigue resistance of the material and can occur due to static mechanical loading, thermal, cyclical and extension fatigue effects. Residual stresses are usually harmful for overlapping the operating voltage, while the fatigue resistance of metals and alloys can be improved by compressive residual stresses present in the surface layer by means of shot peening surface. The fatigue life with the compressive residual stress field caused by shot peening or sophisticated models for modeling voltage field Compressive Residual (CTRC) usually does not take into account the possibility of this change during the cyclic loading, ie , place the relaxation process, which also changes the fatigue life. This study aimed to obtain the residual stress profile relaxation by cyclic loading on aluminum alloy samples 7050- T7541 with shot peening glass and ceramics subjected to axial fatigue test. The technique for determining the residual stress was the X-ray diffraction for measuring accurately the redistribution of residual stresses along the depth of fatigue produced by the process. The removal of layers of material was performed by electrolytic attack. Hereby, it was possible to establish the relationship between the maximum stress and number of cycles in relation to the greater or lesser relaxation test specimens in different regimes of cyclic peening conditions with spherical glass and ceramics in the longitudinal and transverse directions. The results showed that the samples with the longitudinal direction shot peening redistribution showed higher compressive residual stresses in the transverse direction along the depth. For the samples of shot peening ceramic was virtually no relaxation on the surface only in depth when compared to the original profile, samples of ceramic shot peening obtained relaxation in remote locations of the surface, due to the influence of roughness. The redistribution of stresses for samples of shot peening glass were higher than those with shot peening ceramic along the depth in all cyclic regimens studied in the L and T directions. The residual stress relaxation occurred in both directions did not compromise beneficial effect of shot peening increase the fatigue life thereof, in relation to the base material. / As tensões residuais podem diminuir e se redistribuir por meio de um processo chamado relaxação. A relaxação das tensões residuais é um fenômeno importante no que se refere à previsão da resistência à fadiga dos materiais e pode ocorrer devido a carga mecânica estática, térmica, cíclica como efeitos de extensão da fadiga. As tensões residuais geralmente são prejudiciais por se sobreporem às tensões de serviço, enquanto a resistência à fadiga dos metais e ligas pode ser melhorada por tensões residuais compressivas presentes nas camadas superficiais por meio do tratamento de superfície de shot peening. A vida em fadiga com o campo de tensão residual compressiva originada pelo shot peening ou modelos sofisticados para a modelagem do Campo de Tensão Residual Compressivo (CTRC), geralmente não leva em consideração, a possibilidade deste alterar-se durante o carregamento cíclico, ou seja, ocorrer o processo de relaxação, que também altera a vida em fadiga. Este trabalho teve como objetivo obter o perfil de tensão residual de relaxação por carregamento cíclico em amostras de liga de alumínio 7050- T7541 com shot peening de vidro e cerâmica submetidas a ensaio de fadiga axial. A técnica para determinação das tensões residuais foi a difração de raios X que permite medir com precisão a redistribuição de tensões residuais ao longo da profundidade produzidas pelo processo de fadiga. A remoção das camadas de material foi realizada por ataque eletrolítico. Por meio deste, foi possível constatar a relação entre a tensão máxima e quantidade de ciclos no que se refere à maior ou menor relaxação de corpos de prova em diferentes regimes cíclicos nas condições de shot peening com esfera de vidro e cerâmica nas direções longitudinal e transversal à laminação.Os resultados mostraram que as amostras com shot peening na direção longitudinal apresentaram redistribuição de tensões residuais compressivas maiores que no sentido transversal ao longo da profundidade. Para os corpos de prova de shot peening de cerâmica praticamente não houve relaxação na superfície apenas na profundidade quando comparado ao perfil original, as amostras de shot peening de cerâmica obtiveram a relaxação em posições mais afastadas da superfície, devido a influência da rugosidade. A redistribuição de tensões para as amostras de shot peening de vidro foram superiores em relação aquelas com shot peening de cerâmica ao longo da profundidade em todos os regimes cíclicos estudados nas direções L e T. A relaxação de tensão residual ocorrida em ambas direções não comprometeu o efeito benéfico do shot peening no aumento da vida em fadiga das mesmas em relação ao material base.

Les procédés de traitement de surface sont utilisés à l'échelle industrielle pour améliorer les performances de pièces mécaniques en introduisant des contraintes résiduelles de compression. Cette mise en compression de surface permet de limiter l'amorçage et la propagation de fissures dans le matériau. Ceci permet d'augmenter de façon significative la durée de vie en fatigue des pièces mécaniques ainsi traitées. L'utilisation de ces procédés dans l'industrie a démontré leur efficacité, mais aussi leurs limitations et inconvénients. Les défauts récurrents consistent en une profondeur traitée faible, une dégradation de l'état de surface (rugosité), des difficultés de contrôle, une contamination du matériau traité, etc. Ces défauts ont conduit à l'élaboration de nouveaux procédés innovants qui permettent de meilleures performances en évitant certains des inconvénients succinctement évoqués. Parmi ces procédés innovants, le traitement de surface par impulsion électromagnétique semble particulièrement intéressant. Ce procédé met en œuvre un puissant champ magnétique transitoire pour engendrer des forces de Laplace dans une pièce métallique et induire des contraintes résiduelles. Il n'existe que peu d'informations dans la littérature et il n'existe aucun dispositif expérimental de ce procédé. Cette thèse est dédiée à la conception et la réalisation d'un prototype de mise en compression électromagnétique. Le premier chapitre de cette thèse est un état de l'art des technologies de mise en compression et du procédé de mise en compression par impulsion électromagnétique. Ainsi, les besoins de ce procédé sont identifiés et les technologies pouvant répondre à ces besoins sont explorées. Le deuxième chapitre, après une sélection de la structure globale du dispositif, va consister aux dimensionnements des éléments du prototype EMP. Cette étude commencera avec une étude sur l'inducteur qui va être utilisé avant de continuer sur le dimensionnement du stockage d'énergie et de l'interrupteur de décharge. Afin de valider le dimensionnement des composants précédents, une simulation électromagnétique 3D du système est réalisée. L'assemblage du prototype est présenté dans le troisième chapitre ainsi qu'une première campagne d'essai sur un alliage d'aluminium. Deux types d'éprouvettes sont testées : une éprouvette fine pour vérifier visuellement la mise en compression (essai Almen) et une éprouvette massive afin d'évaluer la profondeur traitée. Une modélisation multiphysique 3D du procédé est réalisée afin de corréler ces résultats avec l'expérience. Dans un dernier chapitre, une étude exploratoire est menée sur un matériau ferromagnétique, le mumétal, pour visualiser l'influence des contraintes résiduelles sur les propriétés magnétiques de ce dernier. / Penning processes are widely used in industries to apply compressive residual stresses into the most solicited part of mechanical pieces. In that way, the compressive residual stresses limit the priming and the propagation of micro-cracks in the material. This increases significantly the lifespan of the treated mechanical piece under fatigue stresses. These existing peening processes have proved their efficiency and also their limitations and weaknesses. The main recurrent defaults are a shallow depth of treatment, a degradation of the surface condition, a random control of the treatment, a material contamination, etc. These problems have led towards the development of news innovative peening processes which allow better performance avoiding some previous defaults briefly evoked. Among these news processes, the electromagnetic peening process seems especially interesting. This process uses high energy electromagnetic fields to induce Lorentz forces into a metallic piece and thus residual stresses. Actually, there is not much information about this process in the literature and no prototype was ever built. The work of this thesis is dedicated to development and realization of an electromagnetic peening prototype. The first chapter of this thesis adresses the state of the art of major peening processes actually in industrial use. Next, the electromagnetic peening process, or EMP process, is described and the electrical needs are exposed. A second state of the art is made about the technological solutions to respond to the EMP needs. The second chapter is about the conception of the EMP prototype with the electrical structure adopted in the previous chapter. The first step is about the inductor sizing to generate an electromagnetic field sufficient enough for a peening application. Next, the storage system is designed depending on the inductor parameters and finally the closing switch is created considering the electrical parameters used for the EMP process. To validate the previous results, a 3D electromagnetic simulation is done. The prototype assembly is presented in the third chapter and also the first experimental test on the EMP prototype. To begin with, an aluminium alloy with low yield strength is selected to be treated. Two different samples forms are used, a thin one, to realize a similar test to the Almen test and thick one to check the EMP depth of treatment. A 3D multiphysics simulation of these experiments is made and these numeric results are next correlated to the experimental ones. In the fourth chapter, an exploratory study is realized on the effects of the residual stresses on magnetic properties of ferromagnetic material, the mumetal