The effect of residual stresses arising from laser shock peening on fatigue crack growth

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2010-07

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0013-7944

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A. Chahardehia, F.P. Brennana and A. Steuwer, The effect of residual stresses arising from laser shock peening on fatigue crack growth, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Volume 77, Issue 11, July 2010, Pages 2033-2039

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Residual stresses have in the past been introduced to manipulate growth rates and shapes of cracks under cyclic loads. Previously, the effectiveness of shot peening in retarding the rate of fatigue crack growth was experimentally studied. It was shown that the compressive residual stresses arising from the shot peening process can affect the rate of crack growth. Laser shock peening can produce a deeper compressive stress field near the surface than shot peening. This advantage makes this technique desirable for the manipulation of crack growth rates. This paper describes an experimental program that was carried out to establish this effect in which steel specimens were partially laser peened and subsequently subjected to cyclic loading to grow fatigue cracks. The residual stress fields generated by the laser shock peening process were measured using the neutron diffraction technique. A state of compressive stress was found near the surface and tensile stresses were measured in the mid-thickness of the specimens. Growth rates of the cracks were observed to be more affected by the tensile core than by the compressive surface stresses.

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Fatigue Crack Growth, Laser Peening, Residual Stress, Neutron

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