JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 33 (1998) 1421 — 1429Laser-shock processing of aluminium-coated55C1 steel in water-confinement regime,characterization and application to high-cyclefatigue behaviourP
PEYRE, L
BERTHE, X
SCHERPEREEL, R
FABBROCLFA-LALP,Unite& mixteETCA-CNRS,94114Arcueil,France55C1steelwasirradiatedwitha high-powerneodymium—glasslaserwithapplicationtoinduceplasticshockwaveswithintargets,throughtheexpansionof a laser-inducedsurfaceplasma
Laser-shockprocessingexperimentswereconducedintheplasma-confi nedregimewithwaterto increasethelaser-inducedpeakstresses
Physical,mechanicalandprocessingsaspectswerereviewed,suchas thecharacterizationof stresswavesin coatedsteelswitha VISARvelocimetersystem,andthemechanicalchangesinducedin 55Clintermsofcompressiveresidualstressesorwork-hardening