Use of the Ion-Plasma Treatment for Improving the Structural Strength of Items

Authors S.S. Dyachenko, I.V. Doshchechkina, I.V. Ponomarenko, I.S. Tatarkina
Affiliations Kharkov National Automobile and Highway University, 25, Petrovskogo Str., 61200 Kharkov, Ukraine
Е-mail dw-bh@mail.ru
Issue Volume 4, Year 2012, Number 1
Dates Received 11 November 2011; published online 14 March 2012
Citation S.S. Dyachenko, I.V. Doshchechkina, I.V. Ponomarenko, I.S. Tatarkina, J. Nano-Electron. Phys. 4 No 1, 01020 (2012)
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PACS Number(s) 8.35.Gy, 81.15.Gh
Keywords Structural strength, Surface nanostructuring, Ion-plasma treatment, Ion bombardment, Low-energy ions, Nondislocation mechanism of plastic deformation.
Annotation The paper shows that the ion bombardment (IB) by low-energy ions essentially influences the behavior of a specimen under tension testing changing strength and ductility of the item as a whole though the same properties of metal remain in its core. IB also increases fatigue strength and can be used for improving the ductility of sheet steels. This treatment is especially effective for items with technological stress concentrators and is recommended as a very effective and simple method of improving their structural strength. The phenomenon is explained by surface nanostructuring during ion bombardment.

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