Short Title: Int. J. Mech. Eng. Robot. Res.
Frequency: Bimonthly
Professor of School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. His research interests cover Industry 4.0, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Engineering Materials and Structures (Metals and Composites), Multi-scale Modelling of Materials and Structures, Metal Forming and Metal Surface Treatment.
2025-01-20
2025-01-09
2024-12-18
Abstract— This work investigates the effect of cutting on the microstructure and subsurface properties of a cut specimen, with particular focus on the influence of the sample’s microstructure and its evolution. Single-pass pendulum tests were conducted with samples of 42CrMo4 steel that had been subjected to different heat treatments. The subsurface region after cutting was analyzed optically by SEM and EBSD. The strain hardened surface region was investigated by nanoindentation. It was found that a soft-annealed structure, in particular, was altered deeply by cutting, resulting in a hardness increase as well as an microstructure that is elongated and refined by high shear deformation microstructure in near-surface regions. The strain hardening behavior and potential of a microstructure had a striking influence on the subsurface alteration. Although some microstructures yielded the same forces under equal cutting conditions, the subsurface alteration was different. This type of change in microstructure was correlated with the micromechanical properties and residual stresses. General influences, such as cutting depth, on the alteration of microstructures by cutting were also taken into account.