The effect of laser power density on the fatigue life of laser-shock-peened 7050 aluminium alloy

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1110-1124

  Liu, Qianchu ^a   Yang, C H ^b   Ding, K ^c   Barter, S A ^a   Ye, L ^d  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

7050 aluminium alloy; Dynamic tensile stress; Fatigue life; Internal cracks; Laser power density; Laser shock peening

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LASER APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHOT PEENING; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRESS;

DYNAMIC TENSILE STRESS; INTERNAL CRACKS; LASER POWER DENSITY; LASER SHOCK PEENING (LSP);

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 35348879146     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2007.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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