X-ray diffraction study on microstructures of shot/laser-peened AISI316 stainless steel

ショット及びレーザーピーニングを施したAISI316鋼における微視組織のX線回折研究

熊谷 正芳*; 秋田 貢一; 板野 祐太*; 今福 宗行*; 大谷 眞一*

Kumagai, Masayoshi*; Akita, Koichi; Itano, Yuta*; Imafuku, Muneyuki*; Oya, Shinichi*

X線回折線プロファイル解析により、ショット及びレーザーピーニングした316ステンレス鋼の微視組織を調査した。なお、両試験片の残留応力分布はほぼ同等となるように各ピーニング条件を調整した。X線回折線プロファイル解析の結果、両試験片において転位密度の増加及び結晶子サイズの減少が見られたが、特に、ショットピーニング試験片における変化が大きかった。この差は、ピーニング時の塑性変形メカニズムに起因していると考えられる。

Microstructural features of AISI316 stainless steels processed by shot peening (SP) and laser peening (LP) were studied using X-ray diffraction line profile analyses. Both specimens exhibited similar compressive residual stress profiles. Although the number of dislocations was increased and the crystallites were refined with both processes, the dislocation density in the SP specimen was significantly greater than that in the LP specimen. The crystallite size in the SP specimen was one-third that in the LP specimen. The SP process induced martensite transformation. The variations in the microstructural features differed between samples subjected to the two processes. The SP process resulted in a greater variation in the microstructural features in a sample in which residual stresses similar to that induced by the LP process were induced. Thus, the variations in the microstructural features differed depending on the deformation process.