Ce mémoire présente une méthode visant à mettre en évidence l’influence de l’intégrité de surface obtenue en tournage, sur la fatigue de l’acier 15-5PH. Le travail réalisé consiste à développer des moyens d’obtention de surfaces à intégrités maitrisées, puis à réaliser des essais de fatigue pour observer l’influence des paramètres d’intégrité. Les procédés de tournage et de galetage sont utilisés pour obtenir des lots d’éprouvettes possédant différentes intégrités de surfaces. Ces éprouvettes sont ensuite toutes caractérisées, en rugosité et contraintes résiduelles, de manières non destructives. Certaines éprouvettes font l’objet d’analyses complémentaires pour caractériser l’état de la matière sous la surface. Ces analyses permettent de constituer des lots d’éprouvettes possédant des caractéristiques de surfaces très proches. Toutefois, il a été mis en évidence une très grande sensibilité de l’intégrité de surface générée, vis-à-vis du diamètre de la pièce usinée, ce qui se traduit par une dispersion importante des intégrités de surface obtenues. Les lots constitués sont ensuite testés en fatigue sur une machine de flexion rotative (R = -1) selon la méthode Staircase. Cette méthode permet de déterminer la limite d’endurance avec 50 % de probabilité de rupture pour un nombre de cycles donné. Les résultats sont ensuite confrontés aux intégrités de surface des lots pour déterminer les caractéristiques les plus influentes. Une comparaison des données expérimentales est réalisée avec les modèles de la littérature. Il est montré que ces modèles ne parviennent pas à décrire de manière satisfaisante le comportement en fatigue vis à vis de la rugosité ou du niveau de contraintes résiduelles. L’analyse de ces résultats montre que le profil de contraintes résiduelles, dans le cas du 15-5PH, est la caractéristique la plus influente sur la tenue en fatigue. La rugosité n’apparait pas comme un facteur d’influence notable, à l’exception des cas où les contraintes résiduelles ont un niveau très faible. Des pistes d’améliorations sont enfin suggérées pour améliorer la prise en compte de l’intégrité de surface dans le cadre d’un dimensionnement en fatigue. / This thesis aims to show a method to highlight the influence of surface integrity obtained by turning on the fatigue of a 15-5PH steel. Several ways are developped to obtain desired surface integrities, then fatigue test are performed to observe the influence of surface integrity parameters'. Turning and ball burnishing were used to achieve specimens with differents surface integrities. Theses samples are then fully characterized in term of surface roughness and residual stresses, in a non-destructive way. Some specimens are subject to further analysis to characterize the state of the material under the surfaece. These analyses are used to create batches of specimens with very close surfaces characteristics. However, it has been shown a high sensitivity of the generated surface integrity, with respect to the workpiece diameter, which result in a significant dispersion of surface integrities obtained. Batches are then tested on a rotating bending test machine (Stress ration R=-1) thanks to the Staircase method, in order to determine the fatigue limit at two billion cycle with a 50% failure probability. The results are then compared with the surface integrities in order to determine the most influencial parameter. A comparison of the experimental datas with models in the literature is performed. It is shown that models are unable to describe the fatigue behavior with respect to the roughness or the residual stress state. The results analysis shows that residual stresses profile, in the case of 15-5PH steel, is the most influencial parameter on the fatigue life. Roughness does not appears as a factor of major influence, except in cases where residual stresses have a very low level. Prospects for improvement are finaly suggested in order to improve the consideration of surface integrity during the fatigue design of parts.

The addition of lead to the copper alloys increases its machinability and reducesthe overall production cost, despite copper being expensive, which makes achallenging task to replace lead. But the alarming effects of lead on human healthand the recycling problems has led to the increase in concern forreducing/eliminating the use of lead in brass and other copper alloys. Manymaterials are considered to replace lead in brass; silicon is one such alternative.The turned brass sample are investigated using the state of the artequipments at Halmstad University. The results obtained are controlled readingsof surface parameters and is categorized using surface imaging and mappingsoftware, Mountains Map.This thesis characterizes the lead and the lead free brass's surfaceintegrity for a certain cutting data. The study deals with the evaluation ofselection of appropriate surface integrity parameters and summarizes theappropriate combination of cutting data to maintain the surface of the ecobrass/unleaded brass on par with the leaded brass surface. The 2D and 3Dsurface parameters illustrates the surface functionality and its effect on thematerial in contact.The research results suggest a detailed methodology for the analysis ofsurface topography and a comparison exemplifying differences between the twomaterials under study. The research provides a perplexed results and forms thebasis for further investigations of the samples machined at different cutting data.Second set of test includes comparing the Leaded brass with the unleaded brasssamples machined at 0.06, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2mm/rev respectively. The studyfocuses on the correlation of cutting feed and the surface parameters. Comparingthe results of two tests, the unleaded brass machined @ feed rate 0.2mm/rev,200m/min, 1.5mm depth of cut posses similar surface functionality as leadedbrass.

Cette étude fait partie du projet ANR DEFISURF, avec pour objectif d'identifier et de modéliser les divers effets de la surface sur la tenue en fatigue de composants forgés. Deux composants sont étudiés: une éprouvette extrudée à froid et une bielle estampée à chaud et nettoyée de sa calamine par grenaillage (shot-blasting). Pour chaque composant, différents lots sont étudiés afin de quantifier l'effet des procédés sur les caractéristiques mécaniques et sur le comportement en fatigue. Deux taux de corroyage différents sont utilisés pour l'extrusion à froid. Pour les bielles, différents grenaillages sont réalisés pour obtenir divers états de surface.Les différents lots sont caractérisés de façon approfondie et des essais de fatigue sont effectués. Des essais de fatigue en traction, torsion et flexion plane sont réalisés sur les éprouvettes extrudées. Des éprouvettes de fatigue sont prélevées dans l'âme des bielles et sollicitées en flexion plane.En extrusion à froid, les aspects les plus influents en fatigue sont la prédéformation subie lors de la mise en forme (taux de corroyage) et les contraintes résiduelles. En forgeage à chaud, ce sont les défauts de forgeage en surface et les contraintes résiduelles introduites par le grenaillage qui ont le plus d'influence.Une modélisation en fatigue est proposée pour chaque composant. Pour l'extrusion, un critère de fatigue multiaxial permet de prendre en compte les différents types de chargement ainsi que l'effet des contraintes résiduelles. Pour les bielles deux approches sont utilisées. La première est une analyse de la géométrie des défauts qui utilise un demi-ellipsoïde pour approximer leur forme. La deuxième approche est une simulation numérique par éléments finis des défauts critiques. Les contraintes résiduelles sont intégrées dans les simulations avec un critère multiaxial. Les simulations permettent de retrouver les résultats expérimentaux avec une erreur d'environ 15%. / This study is part of the DEFISURF project, with the goal of analysing and modelling the various effects of the surface on the fatigue strength of forged components. Two components are studied: a cold-extruded specimen and a connecting rod which is hot-forged and then cleaned by shot-blasting. For each component, different batches are studied in order to quantify the effects of the process on the mechanical characteristics and the fatigue behaviour. Two different reduction of sections are used for the cold-extruded specimens and shot-peening is used to obtain various surface states for the connecting rods.The various batches are thoroughly characterised and fatigue tests are performed. Traction, torsion and plane-bending tests are conducted on the cold-extruded specimens. Fatigue specimens are machined from the central part of the connecting rods and loaded in plane-bending.For cold-extrusion, the parameters with the most influence in fatigue are the prestrain induced during forging and the residual stresses. In hot-forging, the surface defects produced during forging and the residual stresses induced by the shot-blasting have the most influence.For each component, a fatigue model is suggested. For the cold-extruded specimens, a multiaxial fatigue criterion is used to take into account the various fatigue loadings and the effect of the residual stresses. Two approaches are used for the connecting rods. The first is a geometrical analysis of the defect which approximates them with an ellipsoid. The second approach uses finite element simulations of the critical defects. The shot-peening residual stresses are integrated in the simulations with a multiaxial criterion. These simulations predict the fatigue limit of the specimens with an error of around 15%.

Aujourd'hui, les méthodes de corrélation d'images sont largement utilisées pour la caractérisation et le suivi temporel des essais mécaniques. Cependant dans le domaine de l'usinage, ces méthodes sont très peu employées pour l'étude en pointe d'outil de la coupe par manque d'accessibilité, de la faible taille de la zone observée et des fortes déformations dans la zone de coupe. Dans cette thèse, nous mettons en application la technique de corrélation d'images pour l'étude et la caractérisation des champs cinématiques induits dans la matière usinée, durant des essais de coupe conduits avec des conditions opératoires représentatives des opérations industrielles. Ces conditions nous ont permis de développer, en premier lieu, des outils expérimentaux et numériques. Puis, les performances du dispositif expérimental ainsi que les incertitudes de corrélation ont été quantifiées. Différentes stratégies d'exploitation des images ainsi que des outils numériques pour la mesure des caractéristiques de la coupe sont proposés. Ensuite, nous avons développé un outil de corrélation d'images intégrée pour la mesure des efforts dynamiques grâce à un modèle analytique. Pour valider l'ensemble des méthodes, des essais de rabotage, d'abord dans un alliage d'aluminium, puis dans un acier 100~CrMo~7 traité thermiquement, ont été conduits. Ils ont permis de quantifier les champs cinématiques ainsi que les caractéristiques de la coupe. Enfin ces outils ont été appliqués pour la prédiction de l'intégrité de surface engendrée par une géométrie 3D d'outil de coupe dans le matériau dur. / Nowadays, digital image correlation (DIC) methods are widely employed to the mechanical testing characterization and their temporal monitoring. However in the machining field, to study the cutting process at the tool edge, these methods are not commonly applied due to the poor accessibility, the size of the observed area and the large strain occurring herein. In this study, the kinematic fields induced in the material by the cutting process are characterized and analyzed at industrial cutting conditions. In order to take and treat the pictures of the cut, experimental and numerical techniques have been first established. Then, the experimental setup performances and the uncertainties of the DIC were quantified. Different images selection strategies for the DIC and numerical post-processing algorithm for measuring the characteristics of the cut were proposed. Furthermore, a DIC integrated approach based on an analytical model was developed to record dynamics cutting forces. Trials in orthogonal configuration were performed and analyzed to validate the developed procedures first in an aluminium alloy, then in a 100~CrMo~7 hardened steel. The kinematics fields and the macroscopic data of the cut were successfully measured thanks to these tools. Finally, they were used for the prediction of the surface integrity induced by a 3D cutting edge in the hard material.

There is a strong industrial driving force to find alternative production technologies in order to make the production of aero engine components of superalloys even more efficient than it is today. Introducing new and nonconventional machining technologies allows taking a giant leap to increase the material removal rate and thereby drastically increase the productivity. However, the end result is to meet the requirements set for today's machined surfaces.The present work has been dedicated to improving the knowledge of how the non-conventional machining methods Abrasive Water Jet Machining, AWJM, Laser Beam Machining, LBM, and Electrical Discharge Machining, EDM, affect the surface integrity. The aim has been to understand how the surface integrity could be altered to an acceptable level. The results of this work have shown that both EDM and AWJM are two possible candidates but EDM is the better alternative; mainly due to the method's ability to machine complex geometries. It has further been shown that both methods require post processing in order to clean the surface and to improve the topography and for the case of EDM ageneration of compressive residual stresses are also needed.Three cold working post processes have been evaluated in order to attain this: shot peening, grit blasting and high pressure water jet cleaning, HPWJC. There sults showed that a combination of two post processes is required in order to reach the specified level of surface integrity in terms of cleaning and generating compressive residual stresses and low surface roughness. The method of high pressure water jet cleaning was the most effective method for removing the EDM wire residuals, and shot peening generated the highest compressive residual stresses as well as improved the surface topography.To summarise: the most promising production flow alternative using nonconventional machining would be EDM followed by post processing using HPWJC and shot peening.

This diploma thesis deals with the analysis of mechanical properties of bimetallic materials with clad layer of Inconel. In the theoretical part of the work there is an analysis of the investigated bimetallic material. The following is a description of mechanical tests and methods for evaluating the integrity of the surface, which were used to determine the properties of bimetallic material. The experimental part focuses on individual tests of mechanical properties of the material. For each test, the procedure for the production of test specimens, a description of the test equipment, the performance of the tests, the evaluation of the data obtained and finally, the evaluation of the results obtained are given.

The thesis deals with an evaluation of the surface texture of various materials, created by machining technologies (turning, milling and grinding). As for the theoretical part of the thesis, it contains a theoretical analysis of the effect of surface texture on friction, wear, coating and lubricating properties. The main emphasis is put on the analysis of the most frequently evaluated profile and surface parameters as well as their possible influence on the functional areas of machined parts. The experimental part includes evaluated and compared measured data based on the monitored parameters with benefits for machinery industry.

L’objet de cette étude est la tenue en fatigue de la tige coulissante d’une jambe de train d’atterrissage fabriquée par SAFRAN Landing Systems. L’alliage utilisé pour réaliser cette pièce forgée est la nuance de titane haute performance Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr (Ti5553). Pour assurer les meilleures caractéristiques en service, ces pièces subissent différents traitements mécaniques dont un grenaillage qui améliore la tenue mécaniques du matériau en proche surface. L’homogénéité du grenaillage dépend de la géométrie de la pièce. La connaissance des contraintes résiduelles résultant de ce traitement est un paramètre important qui influence la durée de vie en fatigue. La microstructure biphasée du matériau rend les estimations de contraintes difficiles sur ce matériau. Un protocole complet d’analyse de contraintes par diffraction des rayons-X a été mis en place et validé par test in-situ. Il a ensuite permis d’obtenir des estimations quantitatives de contraintes résiduelles sur les éprouvettes testées dans ce travail. L’alliage Ti5553 a la particularité de présenter une très haute limite élastique pour une tenacité plus faible. Les pièces actuelles sont dimensionnées par leur résistance à l’amorçage sans défaut de surface. Pour exploiter au mieux les performances de cet alliage, il faut affiner la connaissance du processus d’amorçage en présence de défauts. Plusieurs types d’analyses et essais ont été réalisés (comportement élasto-plastique, étude de l’amorçage et de la propagation de fissure). En particulier, des essais sont effectués sur des éprouvettes présentant des faces et des coins avec des rayures usinées ou des indentations. L’influence de ces défauts sur la durée de vie en fatigue est analysée en fonction de leur type, de leur taille et du grenaillage. / The prediction of the fatigue life of sliders made by SAFRAN Landing Systems is the goal of this work. To manufacture big forged parts, high performance Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr (Ti5553) alloy is used.To ensure the in-service life, various mechanical treatments are carried out. Shot-peening at the end of the process is of prime importance in order to improve the mechanical performance. The knowledge of residual stresses resulting from this treatment is necessary to understand fatigue results for all part location. The two-phase microstructure of the alloy makes stress analyses difficult. A complete protocol to analyse stresses by X-ray diffraction has been developed and validated through in-situ test. The Ti5553 alloy exhibits high yield stress coupled with weaker toughness. Lifing of parts made of Ti5553 is currently carried out with no specific account of surface defects. To improve the knowledge of initiation processes in this alloy in the presence of defects, various tests have been carried out (elasto-plastic behavior, crack initiation and propagation studies). Tests are carried out on coupons with faces and edges with calibrated defects (i.e., machined scratches and indents). The influence of such defects on the fatigue lifetime are studied in terms of type, size and shot-peening level.

Materiais frágeis, tal como o silício, têm sido utilizados em sistemas microeletromecânicos, semicondutores e dispositivos ópticos infravermelhos. Estes materiais são considerados de difícil usinabilidade devido à tendência de sofrerem fraturas. O grande desafio na usinagem dos materiais cristalinos é alcançar uma remoção de material por deformações plásticas (regime dúctil), pois, nessas condições as superfícies ópticas usinadas são geradas sem nenhum dano. Esse regime de usinagem pode ser alcançado em escalas submicrométricas, de forma que, em muitos cristais, as pressões impostas pela ferramenta são altas o suficiente para conduzirem uma transformação de fase do material, favorecendo, assim, a usinagem. Embora pesquisas sobre a relação entre a endentação e a usinagem tenham sido desenvolvidas, a busca por métodos matemáticos com base nas forças e deformações de endentação para serem usados em usinagem de modo a identificar as condições ótimas para remoção de material em regime dúctil não são triviais. O presente trabalho propõe uma relação mais direta com os resultados de endentação para determinar os parâmetros ótimos de usinagem dos materiais frágeis, correlacionando a área da face do endentador em contato e a área efetiva da secção de corte em usinagem. Para isso, ensaios de endentação e experimentos de usinagem com ferramenta de diamante foram realizados em escala micro e nanométrica. O material analisado aqui foi o silício monocristalino (100). Uma matriz experimental foi planejada para as possíveis correlações da variação do ângulo de saída da ferramenta e do avanço de usinagem com as áreas de endentação e o surgimento das trincas e fraturas; forças de usinagem e a pressão de transição frágil-dúctil; tensão residual; espessura crítica de corte e o estado das superfícies usinadas. Em relação às durezas obtidas, foi preciso separá-las em dois estágios: antes do surgimento das trincas durante a endentação e depois desse ponto. Durante a usinagem, a melhor remoção de material em regime dúctil foi obtida na direção mais dura do silício. Os ângulos de saída que proporcionaram resultados desfavoráveis em termos de integridade superficial foram o de -25° e ângulos mais negativos que -60°. A pressão de transição se apresentou de 12 GPa a 13 GPa, sendo que as energias específicas de corte seguiram o mesmo comportamento: 9 j/mm³ a 10 j/mm³ respectivamente. A tensão residual se mostrou inversamente proporcional às forças de usinagem. As espessuras crítica-efetivas de corte variaram de 100 nm a 560 nm. Os valores das espessuras críticas de corte estimadas pelos ensaios de endentação variaram de 200 nm a 530 nm. Portanto, foi possível mostrar que os valores de espessura crítica estimados pelo método proposto, com base nos resultados de endentação, corresponderam muito bem às espessuras críticas obtidas nos experimentos de usinagem. Assim sendo, torna-se possível determinar por meio de tal técnica os valores ótimos de usinagem, podendo ser aplicada para qualquer material cristalino. / Brittle materials, such as silicon, have been used in microelectromechanical systems, semiconductor and infrared optical devices. These types of materials are considered of difficult to machine due to the tendency to suffer fractures. The great challenge in the machining of crystalline materials is to achieve a removal of material by plastic deformations (ductile regime), because in these conditions the machined optical surfaces are generated without any superficial damage. This type of machining can be achieved on a submicrometric machining scale, so that the pressures imposed by the tool are high and lead to a phase transformation of many crystals favoring the machining in ductile regime. Although research on the relationship between microindentation and micromachining has been developed, the search for mathematical methods based on the forces and the deformations of indentation to be used in machining in order to identify the machining conditions under regime ductile are non-trivial. The present work proposes a more direct relationship with the results of the indentation to determine the optimal parameters of the fragile materials, correlating the indenter face area and the cutting section effective area in machining. For this purpose, indentation tests and diamond tool machining experiments were carried out on a micro and nanometric scale. The material analyzed here was monocrystalline silicon (100). An experimental matrix was planned for the possible correlations of the variation of the tool rake angle and of the machining feed with the areas of indentation and the beginning of cracks and fractures; cutting forces and the fragile-ductile transition pressure; residual stress; critical cutting thickness and the state of machined surfaces. In relation to the hardness obtained, it was necessary to separate them in two stages: before the emergence of the cracks during the indentation and after that point. During machining, the best removal of ductile material was obtained in the hardest direction of the silicon. The rake angles which gave unfavorable results in terms of surface integrity were -25° and angles more negative than -60°. The transition pressure reached values from 12 GPa to 13 GPa, and the specific shear energies followed the same behavior: 9 j/mm³ at 10 j/mm³ respectively. The residual stress was inversely proportional to the machining forces. Critical-effective uncut thicknesses ranged from 100 nm to 560 nm. The values of the critical uncut thicknesses estimated by the indentation tests ranged from 200 nm to 530 nm. Therefore, it was possible to show that the critical thickness values estimated by the proposed method, based on indentation results, corresponded very well to the critical thickness obtained in the machining experiments. Thus, it is possible to determine by means of such a technique the optimum values of machining, which can be applied to crystalline material.

Este trabalho tem a intenção de contribuir com informações sobre a integridade superficial resultante do processo de torneamento em material endurecido de componentes mecânicos fabricados em aço cementado ABNT 8620 (DIN 21 NiCrMo 2). A análise das tensões residuais do corpo de prova foi experimentalmente conduzida pelo Método do Furo Cego Incremental, no qual um pequeno furo é introduzido na superfície do componente e a deformação aliviada é registrada por meio de extensômetros especiais, e também, pelo método da difração de raios-X. A superfície foi analisada através de parâmetros obtidos do mapeamento tridimensional da topografia superficial com instrumento de interferometria laser. Os parâmetros de rugosidade, selecionados para medição, visaram uma caracterização funcional das superfícies obtidas, tais como capacidade de carga, capacidade de retenção de fluidos lubrificantes e resistência ao desgaste. Também foram executados ensaios metalográficos para avaliar a existência de camadas de material alteradas abaixo da superfície. Os resultados indicaram que o torneamento em material endurecido foi capaz de produzir uma superfície resultante com boa área de contato, boa capacidade de carregamento e razoável capacidade de retenção de fluidos uma vez que nem todos os parâmetros se encontraram na faixa funcional ideal. O torneamento em material endurecido induziu tensão de compressão nas camadas das amostras cementadas, cuja condição original era tensão residual de tração. Não foram detectadas alterações expressivas na camada cementada, principalmente na região limítrofe da área transversal com a superfície devido ao aquecimento e rápido resfriamento imposto pelo processo de usinagem. / The aim of the present work is to provide relevant information regarding the obtained surface integrity during hard turning process of mechanical components manufactured from case hardened steel ABNT 8620 (DIN 21 NiCrMo 2). The sample residual stress analysis has been experimentally conducted by the incremental Blind Hole method, in which a small hole is machined on the surface of the component and the relieved deformation is recorded through special strain gages, and by the X-ray diffraction technique. The surface was examined by parameters obtained from the surface topography three-dimensional mapping with a laser interferometer instrument. The selected roughness parameters analysis intends to have a functional characterization such as bearing capacity, fluid and lubricants retention ability and contact wear resistance. In the search for altered material layers beneath the surface, metallographic studies were carried out. The functional bearing area curve analysis parameters indicated that the resulting surface has a good area contact, good bearing capacity and reasonable ability to fluid retention as the reduced valley depth parameter did not produced negative values for all conditions tested. The hard turnig process was able to add compression residual stress condition at the surface, and no significant changes were found at the case hardened layer due to rapid heating and cooling imposed by the hard turning process.