南部 紘一郎

In recent years, many problems have arisen, such as increased power consumption in commercial refrigerators due to water droplets on aluminum alloy surfaces, increased frost formation due to bacteria and mold, and increased transportation costs for bullet trains. To solve these problems, we turned our attention to surface texturing technology and shot blasting, a new surface component that can switch between hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties. Shot blasting can be applied to large areas at a lower cost than laser processing and can be used for surface texturing. This study reports the results of an evaluation of the effect of shot blasting on the surface wettability of aluminum alloys. Shot blasting was performed on aluminum alloy A5052 using various particles, and the wettability of the specimens was evaluated. It was found that the wettability after shot blasting varied with the particle material and particle size as in previous studies. Using the aspect ratio (dent depth/dent width) calculated from the surface roughness, it was found that the specimens became hydrophilic to hydrophobic up to an aspect ratio of 7 or less, and that the contact angle gradually increased to hydrophobic at an aspect ratio of 7 or greater.

Surface modification treatments using particle impact, such as shot peening and fine particle peening, are used in many parts such as automotive gears. However, the surface modification effect is affected by many factors such as the material of the projectile, particle size, and nozzle diameter. In the case of the air injection type, the airflow inside and outside the nozzle has a particularly large effect. However, few studies have examined the effects of airflow inside and outside the nozzle. In this study, the airflow inside and outside the nozzle was analyzed using the finite element method. As a result, it was found that the airflow velocity increases as the nozzle diameter increases. It was also clarified that the factors causing this increase were the lengthening of the potential core section and the deceleration caused by the wall resistance.

In this study, SCM440 steel specimens with different surface morphology and hardness were prepared by shot peening and fine particle peening, followed by induction hardening and tempering at different temperatures. Rotating bending fatigue tests were performed for these specimens, and the combined effects of the surface dent formed by peening and residual stress on the fatigue limit of the induction hardened steels were quantitatively investigated. It was found that the fatigue limit of the induction hardened steel tended to decrease with an increase in the size of the particles used in the peening. The parameter of surface morphology that showed a good correlation with the fatigue limit of the induction hardened steel was the waviness parameter, but not the roughness parameter. Furthermore, a fatigue limit estimation for induction hardened steels with different surface morphology was described. The improvement in the fatigue limit of steels with surface dents due to compressive residual stress was more significant as the hardness decreased, and the maximum fatigue limit improved by compressive residual stresses increased as the size of surface dents decreased.

The mechanism of residual stress relaxation for carburized steels was elucidated and their fatigue limit was estimated. The compressive residual stress in the carburized steel after rotating bending fatigue tests is mainly influenced by the relaxation during the compressive loading phase, although it increases at the early stage. The fatigue limit of carburized steels can be estimated according to the modified Goodman diagram considering the residual stress relaxation. The proposed equation shows the maximum value of the fatigue limit (1013 MPa) of carburized steel and the maximum value of the compressive residual stress contributing to the increased fatigue limit.

Fine particle peening (FPP) using hydroxyapatite (HAp) shot particles was performed to improve the fatigue strength and form a HAp transfer layer on a beta titanium alloy (Ti–22V–4Al). The surface microstructures of the FPP-treated specimen were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, micro-Vickers hardness testing, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, and electron backscattered diffraction. A HAp transfer layer with a thickness of 5.5 μm was formed on the surface of the Ti–22V–4Al specimen by FPP. In addition, the surface hardness of the Ti–22V–4Al was increased, and high compressive residual stress was generated on the specimen surface by FPP. Rotating bending fatigue tests were performed at room temperature in laboratory air over a wide cycle-life region (103–109 cycles). In the long cycle-life regime, the fatigue strength at 107 cycles of the FPP-treated specimen became higher than that of the untreated specimen. This result is attributed to the formation of a work-hardened layer with high compressive residual stress by FPP. However, the fatigue strength was not improved by FPP in the short cycle-life regime, because fatigue cracks were initiated at surface defects formed during the FPP process. The fatigue fracture mode of the FPP-treated specimens shifted from surface-initiated fracture to subsurface-initiated fracture at a stress amplitude level of 600 MPa.

Fine particle peening (FPP) using hydroxyapatite (HAp) shot particles can form a HAp layer on room-temperature substrates by the transfer and mi-crostructural modification of the shot particles. In this study, FPP with HAp shot particles was applied to form a HAp surface layer and improve the fatigue properties of Ti–6Al–4V extra-low interstitial (ELI) for use in bio-implants. The surface microstructures of the FPP-treated specimens were characterized by micro-Vickers hardness testing, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. FPP with HAp shot particles successfully formed a HAp layer on the surface of Ti–6Al–4V ELI in a relatively short period by shot particle transfer at room temperature however, the thickness and elemental composition of the HAp layer were independent of the FPP treatment time. The original HAp crystal structure remained in the surface-modified layer formed on Ti–6Al–4V ELI after FPP. Furthermore, FPP increased the surface hardness and generated compressive residual stresses at the treated surface of Ti–6Al– 4V ELI. Four-point bending fatigue tests were performed at stress ratios of 0.1 and 0.5 to examine the effect of FPP with HAp shot particles on the fatigue properties of Ti–6Al–4V ELI. The fatigue life of the FPP-treated specimen was longer than that of the un-peened specimen because of the formation of a work-hardened layer with compressive residual stress. However, no clear improvement in the fatigue limit of Ti– 6Al–4V ELI occurred after FPP with HAp shot particles because of subsurface failures from characteristic facets.

Fine particle peening (FPP) and plasma spraying using hydroxyapatite particles were applied to a beta titanium alloy, Ti-22V-4Al, to form the hydroxyapatite (HAp) layer on the surface. As a result, HAp layer was formed on the specimen surface by the both treatments. The thicknesses were 5 μm and 100μm, respectively for FPP treated and plasma sprayed specimens. In the FPP treated specimen, Vickers hardness was increased by FPP compared with that of the untreated specimens, resulting in work-hardening. Rotary bending fatigue tests were carried out on both treated and untreated specimens. The FPP treated specimens exhibited higher fatigue strength than the untreated specimens. It is due to the increase in hardness and compressive residual stress by FPP. On the other hand, significant deteriorations of the fatigue strength for the plasma sprayed specimen was observed in comparison with the result for the untreated specimen. As a result of fracture surface observation in plasma sprayed specimen, the defect formed by blasting before the plasma spraying at interface between substrate and HAp layer was observed at crack initiation site. Thus, the defect plays a role as the crack starter in the case of plasma sprayed specimen.

<p>本研究では表面欠陥を有するSUP10の疲労強度におよぼす微粒子衝突処理の影響について検討を行った。表面欠陥は0.2，0.4，0.6 mm径のドリルを使用して加工し，表面欠陥の深さはドリル径の1／2とした。微粒子衝突処理材，ショットピーニング処理材および未処理材について4点曲げ疲労試験を実施した。その結果，微粒子衝突処理材の場合，ショットピーニング材よりも表面欠陥による疲労強度低下に対する抑制効果が高いことを明らかにした。この要因として，ドリル穴底の硬さの向上に加え，残留応力の影響が考えられる。</p>

Fine particle peening (FPP) using hydroxyapatite (HAp) shot particles was introduced to form the HAp surface layer and improve the fatigue properties of commercially pure (CP) titanium. The surface microstructure of the FPP-treated specimens was characterized using a micro-Vickers hardness tester, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and non contact scanning white light interferometry. FPP could create a HAp layer on the surface of CP titanium within a relatively short time (1 s) by shot particle transfer. In addition, FPP increased the surface hardness and generated compressive residual stress at the treated surface. Four-point bending fatigue tests were performed at a stress ratio of 0.1 in air at room temperature to examine the effect of FPP using HAp shot particles on the fatigue properties of CP titanium. It was found that the fatigue limit for the FPP-treated specimen was higher than that for the unpeened specimen. The fatigue fracture mechanism for the CP titanium treated with FPP was discussed from the viewpoint of fractography. The HAp layer remained on the surface without delamination after the fatigue tests. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Shot peening using particles 10 mu m in diameter (ultra-fine particle peening: Ultra-FPP) was introduced to improve the fatigue properties of 5056 aluminum alloy. The surface microstructures of the Ultra-FPP treated specimens were characterized using a micro-Vickers hardness tester, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), non-contact scanning white light interferometry, and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The Ultra-FPP treated specimen had higher hardness than the conventional FPP treated specimen with a short nozzle distance due to the high velocity of the ultra-fine particles. Furthermore, the surface hardness of the Ultra-FPP treated specimen tended to increase as the peening time decreased. Fatigue tests were performed in air at room temperature using a cantilever-type rotating bending fatigue testing machine. It was found that the fatigue life of the Ultra-FPP treated specimen tended to increase with decreasing peening time. Mainly, the Ultra-FPP improved the fatigue properties of 5056 aluminum alloy in the very high cycle regime of more than 10(7) cycles compared with the un-peened specimens. This is because the release of the compressive residual stress is small during fatigue tests at low stress amplitudes. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The aim of this research is to clarify the influence of vacuum carburizing on the fatigue-crack progress characteristics of DSG2 steel. The test specimen tempering material (QT material) and vacuum carburizing material (VC material) has been used. The fatigue-crack progress was examined by subjecting the samples to four-point bending. The loading-capacity fixed experiment was done using a maximum load of P&lt inf&gt max&lt /inf&gt = 4000-7000 N. The ΔK fixed experiment was done using a load of ΔK = 18–36 MPa√m. The crack progress speed of VC material fell, after the high crack progress speed was shown, and after it showed the minimum, it showed the tendency to go up again. This is considered to be what is depended on the compressive residual stress given to the carburizing layer. From this, it is thinkable that there is a crack progress depression effect in a carburizing layer. In VC material, a carburizing layer has a crack progress depression effect from a plunger-helix bottom to about 2.6 mm, and it turned out that it is larger than an effective carburizing layer. Moreover, in each ΔK, it was shown that depression effect revelation differs and the crack progress process accompanying it was able to be shown typically.

The FPB (Fine Particle Bombarding) process attracts attention as a new surface-preparation technique. The influence of surface modification by the FPB process on various characteristics of SUP10 was investigated. The surface roughness of FPB treatment materials decreased more than shot peening treatment materials. As a result of comparing the shot time of FPB process, it proved that surface roughness increased as the shot time became long. On every projection conditions of FPB process, the hardness near the surface rose higher than the shot-peening. Hardness was the maximum at the time of shot time 20 seconds, and residual stress was the maximum at the time of 5 seconds. The maximum compressive residual stress was a value equivalent to a shot-peening process. The fatigue strength of the FPB material rose than shot-peening material by low surface roughness and high surface hardness. These results showed that a FPB process was effective in the improvement in fatigue strength of spring steel.