Advances in Manufacturing ›› 2021, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (4): 558-567.doi: 10.1007/s40436-021-00356-z

• ARTICLES • Previous Articles    

Material removal mechanisms and characteristics of potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals under nanoscratching

Ning Hou1,2, Yong Zhang3, Liang-Chi Zhang4, Ming-Hai Wang1   

  1. 1 School of Mechatronics Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, People's Republic of China;
    2 Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science for National Defense of Aeronautical Digital Manufacturing Process, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, People's Republic of China;
    3 School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, People's Republic of China;
    4 Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
  • Received:2021-01-07 Revised:2021-03-18 Published:2021-11-12
  • Contact: Yong Zhang, Liang-Chi Zhang E-mail:hit_zy@hit.edu.cn;zhanglc@sustech.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 51905356 and 51875137), the Doctoral Startup Foundation of Liaoning Province (Grant No. 2020-BS-178), the Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science for the National Defense of Aeronautical Digital Manufacturing Process of Shenyang Aerospace University (Grant No. SHSYS202002), and the Specific Discipline of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2020ZDZX2006).

Abstract: Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals are important materials in high-energy laser systems. However, because these crystals are brittle and soft, machining-induced defects often emerge in KDP components. This study aimed to investigate the material removal mechanisms and characteristics of KDP during nanoscratching using Berkovich, spherical, and conical indenters. We found that KDP surface layers could be removed in a ductile mode at the micro/nanoscale and that dislocation motion was one of the main removal mechanisms. Removal characteristics are related to the stress fields generated by indenter geometries. The spherical indenter achieved a ductile removal mode more easily. The lateral force of nanoscratching increased with an increase in the normal force. The coefficient of friction (COF) followed the same trend as the lateral force when spherical and conical indenters were used. However, the COF was independent of the normal force when using a Berkovich indenter. We found that these COF variations could be accurately described by friction models.

The full text can be downloaded at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40436-021-00356-z

Key words: Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals, Removal mechanism, Nanoscratching, Indenter geometry