Residual stress modification by post-weld treatment and its beneficial effect on fatigue strength of welded structures

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 9-11, 2003, Pages 1259-1269

  Cheng, Xiaohua ^a   Fisher, John W ^a,b   Prask, Henry J ^c   Gnäupel Herold, Thomas ^c,d   Yen, Ben T ^a,b   Roy, Sougata ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction measurement; Fatigue strength; Residual stress; Shot peening; Stress ratio; UIT; Welded structure

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHOT PEENING; ULTRASONICS; WELDING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

WELDED STRUCTURES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242540915     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2003.08.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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