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 …

Mechanical surface modification such as shot peening offer powerful enhancement of
fatigue properties of metals and other materials. Cavitation usually causes surface damage …

Detrimental subsurface tensile residual stresses occur in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)
due to significant temperature gradients during the process. Besides heat treatments, laser …

Many aviation accidents are caused by the failure of aircraft engine components, and engine
blades are especially vulnerable to high‐cycle fatigue fracture in severe working …

Biodegradable magnesium (Mg) alloys are promising candidates for use as next-generation
implants due to their similar mechanical properties to natural bones, excellent …

Among the existing series of softer metals, magnesium (Mg) has attracted much attention
due to its impressive strength-to-weight ratio. However, due to its ease of deformability, Mg …

A new laser compound process, namely, laser shock peening of the surface to obtain the
strain-strengthening layer (under the ultrahigh strain rates of> 10 7 s− 1), followed by laser …

Steel components that have served in the marine environment for extended periods often
face challenges in preventing surface damage caused by corrosion protection measures …

Laser peening (LP) is a well-established technique for introducing compressive residual
stress (RS) near the surface of metal components, to improve their high-cycle fatigue …

Functional thin-walled aluminum alloys were the main production materials for the outer wall
of novel lightweight flight power. The harsh service conditions of power had put forward strict …