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Peening: Intensity Is A Key Parameter of The Shot Peening Process. After Some Development of The

Shot peening is a surface treatment that induces compressive stresses in a material's surface through plastic deformation from accelerated spherical media like shot. This compressive stress at the surface improves fatigue life and resistance to crack propagation. Intensity and coverage are key parameters of the shot peening process, which can be measured using Almen strips and rounds to gauge the compressive stress imparted and optimize the treatment. Standards for shot peening processes have been established by SAE International for aerospace and other industries.

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Peening: Intensity Is A Key Parameter of The Shot Peening Process. After Some Development of The

Shot peening is a surface treatment that induces compressive stresses in a material's surface through plastic deformation from accelerated spherical media like shot. This compressive stress at the surface improves fatigue life and resistance to crack propagation. Intensity and coverage are key parameters of the shot peening process, which can be measured using Almen strips and rounds to gauge the compressive stress imparted and optimize the treatment. Standards for shot peening processes have been established by SAE International for aerospace and other industries.

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Peening a surface spreads it plastically, causing changes in the mechanical properties of the

surface. Its main application is to avoid the propagation of microcracks from a surface. Such
cracks do not propagate in a material that is under a compressive stress; shot peening can
create such a stress in the surface.[3]
Shot peening is often called for in aircraft repairs to relieve tensile stresses built up in the
grinding process and replace them with beneficial compressive stresses. Depending on the part
geometry, part material, shot material, shot quality, shot intensity, and shot coverage, shot
peening can increase fatigue life up to 1000%.[2]
Plastic deformation induces a residual compressive stress in a peened surface, along with tensile
stress in the interior. Surface compressive stresses confer resistance to metal fatigue and to
some forms of stress corrosion.[1] The tensile stresses deep in the part are not as problematic as
tensile stresses on the surface because cracks are less likely to start in the interior.
A study done through the SAE Fatigue Design and Evaluation Committee showed what shot
peening can do for welds compared to welds that didn't have this operation done. The study
claimed that the regular welds would fail after 250,000 cycles when welds that had been shot
peened would fail after 2.5 million cycles, and that failure would occur outside of the weld area.
This is part of the reason that shot peening is a popular operation with aerospace parts.
However, the beneficial prestresses can anneal out at higher temperatures.
Intensity is a key parameter of the shot peening process. After some development of the
process, an analog was needed to measure the effects of shot peening. John Almen noticed that
shot peening made the side of the sheet metal that was exposed begin to bend and stretch. He
created the Almen strip to measure the compressive stresses in the strip created by the shot
peening operation. One can obtain what is referred to as the "intensity of the blast stream" by
measuring the deformation on the Almen strip that is in the shot peening operation.[1] As the strip
reaches a 10% deformation, the Almen strip is then hit with the same intensity for twice the
amount of time. If the strip deforms another 10%, then one obtains the intensity of the blast
stream.
Another operation to gauge the intensity of a shot peening process is the use of an Almen round,
developed by R. Bosshard.
Coverage, the percentage of the surface indented once or more, is subject to variation due to the
angle of the shot blast stream relative to the workpiece surface. The stream is cone-shaped,
thus, shot arrives at varying angles. Processing the surface with a series of overlapping passes
improves coverage, although variation in "stripes" will still be present. Alignment of the axis of the
shot stream with the axis of the Almen strip is important. A continuous compressively stressed
surface of the workpiece has been shown to be produced at less than 50% coverage but falls as
100% is approached. Optimizing coverage level for the process being performed is important for
producing the desired surface effect.[4]
SAE International's[5] includes several standards for shot peening in aerospace and other
industries.

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