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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Experimental Investigation of Residual Stresses After Heat Treatment and Grinding Processes in the Production of Ball Bearing Rings
    (Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2008) Gueley, Volkan; Tekkaya, A. Erman; Savas, Turhan; Ozhan, Feridun
    Experimental investigation of residual stresses after heat treatment and grinding processes in the production of ball bearing rings has been carried out. The residual stresses were measured by X-ray diffraction method utilizing chromium radiation, which has an average penetration depth of 5 mu m incident on 100Cr6 (AISI-E52100) ball bearing steel. The process parameters of heat treatment and grinding processes were varied so as to represent the extreme values that can be applied in the respective processes. Hardness and percent retained austenite limit the heat treatment process parameters; while roundness, surface roughness and form the grinding process. Tensile surface residual stresses on the raceway of ball bearing rings changes to compression after grinding in both circumferential and axial directions. In grinding relatively higher compressive stresses were measured in axial direction compared to the circumferential direction. This experimental investigation also showed that the influence of heat treatment process parameters on the magnitude and distribution of residual stresses survived even after grinding process; i.e. heat treatment and grinding processes cannot be evaluated independently in process design for favourable residual stresses.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 54
    Citation - Scopus: 62
    Residual stress state and hardness depth in electric discharge machining: De-ionized water as dielectric liquid
    (Taylor & Francis inc, 2005) Ekmekci, B; Elkoca, O; Tekkaya, AE; Erden, A
    Procedures and results of experimental work to measure residual stresses and hardness depth in electric discharge machined surfaces are presented. Layer removal method is used to express the residual stress profile as a function of depth caused by a die sinking type EDM. Thin stressed layers are removed from machined samples by electrochemical machining. Corresponding deformations due to stress relaxation are recorded for each removal to determine the stress profile from elasticity theory. The relational dependence of the machining parameters with residual stresses is obtained and a semi-empirical model is proposed for plastic mold steel for de-ionized water as dielectric liquid. These stresses are found to be increasing rapidly with respect to depth, attaining to its maximum value, around the yield strength, and then fall rapidly to compressive residual stresses in the core of the material since the stresses within plastically deformed layers are equilibrated with elastic stresses.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 64
    Citation - Scopus: 69
    A Semi-Empirical Approach for Residual Stresses in Electric Discharge Machining (edm)
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2006) Ekmekci, Bulent; Tekkaya, A. Erman; Erden, Abdulkadir
    High residual stresses are developed on the surfaces of electric discharge machined parts. In this study, layer removal method is used to measure the residual stress profile as a function of depth beneath the surface caused by die sinking type EDM. Cracking and its consequences on residual stresses are also studied on samples machined at long pulse durations. A modified empirical equation is developed for scaling residual stresses in machined surfaces with respect to operating conditions. In this model, a unit amplitude shape function representing change in curvature with respect to removal depth is proposed. The proposed form is found to be a special form of a Gauss Distribution. It is the sum of two Gaussian peaks, with the same amplitude and pulse width but opposite center location. The form can be represented by three constant coefficients. These coefficients depend on the released energy by a power function. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.