Mechanical Properties Enhancement of High Reliability Metallic Materials by Laser Shock Processing

Abstract:

Laser shock processing (LSP) is being increasingly applied as an effective technology for the improvement of metallic materials surface properties in different types of components as a means of enhancement of their corrosion and fatigue life behavior. As reported in previous contributions by the authors, a main effect resulting from the application of the LSP technique consists on the generation of relatively deep compression residual stresses field into metallic alloy pieces allowing an improved mechanical behaviour, explicitly the life improvement of the treated specimens against wear, crack growth and stress corrosion cracking. Additional results accomplished by the authors in the line of practical development of the LSP technique at an experimental level (aiming its integral assessment from an interrelated theoretical and experimental point of view) are presented in this paper. Concretely, follow-on experimental results on the residual stress profiles and associated surface properties modification successfully reached in typical materials (especially Al and Ti alloys) under different LSP irradiation conditions are presented along with a practical correlated analysis on the protective character of the residual stress profiles obtained under different irradiation strategies and the evaluation of the corresponding induced properties as material specific volume reduction at the surface, microhardness and wear resistance. Additional remarks on the improved character of the LSP technique over the traditional “shot peening” technique in what concerns depth of induced compressive residual stresses fields are also made through the paper.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 706-709)
• Pages: 2565-2570
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.706-709.2565
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: José Luis Ocaña, M. Morales, J.A. Porro, D. Iordachescu, M. Díaz, L. Ruiz De Lara, C. Correa
• Keywords: Fatigue Life, Hardness, Laser Shock Processing (LSP), Mechanical Resistance, Roughness, Surface Properties, Wear

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