Impact of Diamond Indenter Sliding Velocity on Shear Deformation and Hardening of AISI 304 Steel Surface Layer in Nanostructuring Burnishing: Simulation and Experiment

This paper numerically and experimentally establishes a connection between shear deformation of the AISI 304 steel surface layer and the sliding velocity of a diamond indenter in multi-pass nanostructuring burnishing. Results of finite-element simulation of the process fully correspond to the experimental data obtained when changing the sliding velocity from 40 to 280 m/min after one and five tool passes. The experiment’s burnishing force was assumed to be 150 and 175 N, and feed was 0.025 mm/min. After surface machining, the maximum microhardness reached 400 HV0.05 at the depth of 30 µm from the surface after five indenter passes with the sliding velocity values of 40 and 200 m/min and burnishing force of 175 N.