The invention discloses a
cavitation shot peening surface strengthening method and
system based on cooperation of high
hydrostatic pressure and spherical
focused ultrasound. The method comprises the following steps: establishing and maintaining a
hydrostatic pressure environment higher than 0.1 MPa in a high-pressure
processing cavity filled with a degassing
liquid medium; the to-be-
machined surface of the workpiece is positioned in a
sound field focal region of the spherical
focused ultrasound transducer; and in the high
hydrostatic pressure environment, a
transducer is driven to work so as to generate a
cavitation bubble group in a space confinement range in a focal region of the
transducer, and meanwhile, the workpiece is controlled to move according to a preset path, so that
cavitation collapse
impact acts on a target region on the surface of the workpiece. The device comprises a high-pressure
processing cavity, a spherical focused ultrasonic transducer, a multi-degree-of-freedom movement mechanism and a
control system. Through cooperation of high hydrostatic pressure constraint and the spherical focusing
sound field, precise localization and energy strengthening of the cavitation effect are achieved, a plastic deformation layer can be efficiently and controllably introduced to the surface of a
metal material, the surface
hardness can be remarkably improved, a
residual compressive stress layer is formed,
surface layer grains are refined, and the method is suitable for precise surface strengthening of complex components.