Relation between roughness and processing conditions of AISI 316L stainless steel treated by ultrasonic shot peening

This article assessed the roughness induced by ultrasonic shot peening. Surface properties of AISI 316L steel specimens were modified through the variation of ultrasonic shot-peening parameters (shot material, shot diameter, sonotrode amplitude vibration and coverage). Each surface was characterized using fifty surface roughness parameters and two types of robust Gaussian filter (low pass and high pass) associated with twenty one cut-off lengths. For each type of processing parameter, the most relevant roughness parameter and its corresponding length scale and filter were found. A linear relationship was identified between the four ultrasonic shot-peening parameters and the mean density of furrows with a coefficient of determination equal to 0.97.