THE EFFECT OF RESIDUAL STRESS ON THE LOAD BEARING CAPACITY OF PVD COATED SURFACES - PART 2

摘要

The article presents the results of modelling tests of the coating-substrate systems subjected to a contact load using a spherical diamond indenter with a 20 μm tip radius. Systems with 1 to 5 μm thick CrN coatings deposited on X5CrNi18-10 austenitic steel substrate were analysed. Systems without residual stress as well as with introduced 2 and 5 GPa compressive residual stresses were analysed. The article presents the effect of coating thickness on substrate deformations at load range up to 1 and 3 N. The evolution of maximum radial stress in the substrate and the range of substrate plastic deformation for the assumed coating thicknesses were also analysed. Modelling results showed a strong relation between maximum critical force and relative coating thickness. The maximum radial stresses in the substrate in a case of systems with a thin 1 μm coating are much smaller than for thicker 5 μm coating, referring to the relative coating thickness. However, the analysis of substrate yielding showed that, for thin 1 and 2 μm coatings, substrates deform plastically at 0.01 and 0.03 N, respectively, while the 5 μm coating prevent plastic deformations up to load 0.32N.