Profiting by the increasing availability of laser sources delivering intensities in the GW/cm2 range and with pulse energies in the range of several Joules, Laser Shock Processing (LSP) is consolidating as an effective technology for the improvement of mechanical properties and in-service behaviour of high-added-value metallic alloys and is being developed as a practical process amenable to production engineering. The main acknowledged advantage of the LSP technique consists on its capability of inducing a relatively deep compression residual stresses field into metallic alloy pieces allowing such improved mechanical behaviour.
Profiting by the increasing availability of laser sources delivering intensities in the GW/cm2 range and with pulse energies in the range of several Joules, Laser Shock Processing (LSP) is consolidating as an effective technology for the improvement of mechanical properties and in-service behaviour of high-added-value metallic alloys and is being developed as a practical process amenable to production engineering. The main acknowledged advantage of the LSP technique consists on its capability of inducing a relatively deep compression residual stresses field into metallic alloy pieces allowing such improved mechanical behaviour. Read More


