Rotary swaging (RS), as a widely used industrial method for severe plastic deformation
(SPD), is a near net forming process which uses high-speed pulse hammer of multi-hammer …

As most of the failures in engineering components initiate from the surface layer, applying
surface treatments can play a crucial role in controlling material performance and lifetime. In …

Laser shock peening (LSP) is a modern and efficient thermo-mechanical approach to
engineer and modify the surface and subsurface related properties of materials which has …

Magnesium alloys have many unique properties, mostly benefitting from the low density of
magnesium. However, they are not competitive, when compared with other lightweight …

Aluminum is a material that is often used in the transportation industry because it has a low
density, high strength, and good corrosion resistance. The transport structure requires …

The surface properties of alloy materials have a significant influence on the overall strength
and fatigue properties of the materials. In this study, the effects of laser shock peening (LSP) …

In this study, the fatigue behaviors of GH4169 superalloy, which possessed a gradient
nanostructure layer introduced by an ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) and …

A comparative study of the microstructure, surface chemical and phase composition,
microtopography, surface roughness, microhardness, and corrosion properties of …

The effect of impact energy on localized corrosion behaviour of ultrasonic shot peened AA
7150 was systematically studied by manipulating peening parameters such as peening …

The surface integrity and corrosion fatigue (CF) performance of the 7B50-T7751 aluminum
alloy treated by one (UR1), three (UR3), and six passes (UR6) of ultrasonic surface rolling …