Laser shock peening improves fatigue life of lightweight alloys

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 28-31

  Tran, Kim N ^a   Hill, Michael R ^b   Hackel, Lloyd A ^c  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Metal Improvement Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-INTENSITY PLASMA; LASER SHOCK PEENING; LIGHTWEIGHT ALLOYS;

ALLOYS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; LASER BEAMS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SURFACE TREATMENT; WINGS;

SHOT PEENING;

EID: 33750173824     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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