Grain refinement and arrangement is an effective strategy to enhance tensile and fatigue
properties of key metallic components. Laser shock peening (LSP) is one of surface severe …

Additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented design freedom and manufacturing
flexibility for processing complex components. Despite the numerous advantages of AM over …

Aerospace is a key market driver for the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM) due to
the huge demands in high-mix low-volume production of high-value parts, integrated …

Gradient structures found in biological materials have served as a source of inspiration for
scientists seeking to enhance the performance of metals and alloys over the past decades …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is characterised by several unique advantages, such as
(freedom of) design, capability of fusing dissimilar materials, near-net-shape, and achieving …

Laser-directed energy deposition (LDED) provides an attractive and cost-effective way to
remanufacture high-value engineering components. However, the LDED manufactured …

Severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques such as laser shock peening (LSP) have been
widely adopted to modify microstructure of materials. Understanding the plastic deformation …

Laser shock peening (LSP) is an advanced surface-strengthening technology that improves
the anti-fatigue performance of metallic components. However, there is a significant barrier …

An innovative hybrid additive manufacturing (HAM) technology combining laser shock
peening without coating (LSPwC) and laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has been proposed …

For most metallic materials, surface hardening via modifying the near-surface microstructure
is an effective method for improving mechanical properties. Among these processes, laser …