Graphic Modeling and Equipment used in the Reconstruction of the Original Damascus Steel

Abstract

Damascus steel was used in the manufacture of swords and hunting knives before medieval times. The original method of the manufacturing of this type of steel has been lost to time. The research set out to create Damascus steel knives reconstituted according to the recipe from documents written many years ago. The study of Damascus steel provided an opportunity to observe in detail the laborious process of manufacturing this material, which involves free forging and pressure welding of different layers of steel to obtain a particularly strong and durable finished product. To carry out this research, two types of steel were selected to create Damascus steel: AISI 1095 and 15N20 steel. During this study, a functional furnace was built, able to contribute by heating the samples to the hot forging process of these two different materials. By applying a complex process of heating and forging and then repeating this process, the layers of steel were welded together, resulting in an extremely resistant material with a unique aesthetic appearance. Sample processing and the laboratory tests were performed on the obtained Damascus steel to evaluate its mechanical properties, including processing the results using Autodesk Inventor Professional 2023 and simulation in Ansys 2023.

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