The effect of laser shock peening on hardness and microstructure in a welded marine steel

  • Bilal Ahmed
  • , Michael E. Fitzpatrick

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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 languageEnglish
JournalThe Journal of Engineering
VolumeJuly 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 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/).

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • marine steel
  • welding
  • residual stress
  • laser shock peening

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