Abstract
Residual stress is generally considered as the main criterion in laser shock peening for enhancement of fatigue life. However, changes in material hardness, microstructure and surface roughness can also affect component performance. These three aspects are investigated in this paper for welded marine steel samples subjected to laser peening. After laser peening an increase in hardness was seen across the weld and parent metal, with the local hardness dependent upon the initial hardness of the region before peening. The increase was relatively applied, and the peening also affected the distortion of the specimen after welding.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | The Journal of Engineering |
| Volume | July 2015 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).Keywords
- marine steel
- welding
- residual stress
- laser shock peening
