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 …

Material removal operations play a pivotal role in the manufacture of key components,
required for engineering systems to operate safely and efficiently under ever more advanced …

Surface texturing is one of the most efficient surface modification approaches for improving
the tribological performance of engineering materials. Several surface texturing techniques …

In recent years, aluminium (Al) matrix reinforced with graphene-based nanomaterial (GN)
composites (AGNCs) have emerged as a potential candidate for various applications due to …

By inducing work hardening and beneficial compressive residual stresses in near‐surface
regions, laser shock peening (LSP) improves the fatigue performance of many metallic …

Wire-arc additive manufacturing can fabricate components with complex geometries
efficiently compared with other manufacturing methods. However, the uncontrolled grain …

The microstructural response and grain subdivision process in commercially pure (CP)
titanium subjected to multiple laser shock peening (LSP) impacts were investigated by …

The laser shock peening (LSP) process using a Q-switched pulsed laser beam for surface
modification has been reviewed. The development of the LSP technique and its numerous …

Post-processing methods can efficiently reduce the negative effects of the internal and
surface defects in as-built laser powder bed fusion materials. In this study, the influence of …

A detailed analysis has been conducted of Ti–6Al–4V processed by metallic shot peening
and laser shock peening. Analysis by incremental hole drilling, electron backscattered …