Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research
Title
Dislocation Pinning Effects Induced by Nano-precipitates During Warm Laser Shock Peening: Dislocation Dynamic Simulation and Experiments
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Warm laser shock peening (WLSP) is a new high strain rate surface strengthening process that has been demonstrated to significantly improve the fatigue performance of metallic components. This improvement is mainly due to the interaction of dislocations with highly dense nanoscale precipitates, which are generated by dynamic precipitation during the WLSP process. In this paper, the dislocation pinning effects induced by the nanoscale precipitates during WLSP are systematically studied. Aluminum alloy 6061 and AISI 4140 steel are selected as the materials with which to conduct WLSP experiments. Multiscale discrete dislocation dynamics (MDDD) simulation is conducted in order to investigate the interaction of dislocations and precipitates during the shock wave propagation. The evolution of dislocation structures during the shock wave propagation is studied. The dislocation structures after WLSP are characterized via transmission electron microscopy and are compared with the results of the MDDD simulation. The results show that nano-precipitates facilitate the generation of highly dense and uniformly distributed dislocation structures. The dislocation pinning effect is strongly affected by the density, size, and space distribution of nano-precipitates.
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
110
First Page
23518
Recommended Citation
Liao, Yiliang; Ye, Chang; Gao, Huang; Kim, Bong Joong; Suslov, Sergey; Stach, Eric A.; and Cheng, Gary J., "Dislocation Pinning Effects Induced by Nano-precipitates During Warm Laser Shock Peening: Dislocation Dynamic Simulation and Experiments" (2011). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research. 768.
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