Abstract
Laser shock processing (LSP) is an advanced material surface hardening technology that can significantly improve mechanical properties and extend service life by using the stress effect generated by laser-induced plasma shock waves, which has been increasingly applied in the processing fields of metallic materials and alloys. With the rapidly development of modern industry, many new technologies developed from LSP have emerged, which broadens the application of LSP and enriches its technical theory. In this work, the technical theory of LSP was summarized, which consists of the fundamental principle of LSP and the laser-induced plasma shock wave. The new technologies, developed from LSP, are introduced in detail from the aspect of laser shock forming (LSF), warm laser shock processing (WLSP), laser shock marking (LSM) and laser shock imprinting (LSI). The common feature of LSP and these new technologies developed from LSP is the utilization of the laser-generated stress effects rather than the laser thermal effect. LSF is utilized to modify the curvature of metal sheet through the laser-induced high dynamic loading. The material strength and the stability of residual stress and micro-structures by WLSP treatment are higher than that by LSP treatment, due to WLSP combining the advantages of LSP, dynamic strain aging (DSA) and dynamic precipitation (DP). LSM is an effective method to obtain the visualized marks on the surface of metallic materials or alloys, and its critical aspect is the preparation of the absorbing layer with a designed shape and suitable thickness. At the high strain rates induced by LSP, LSI has the ability to complete the direct imprinting over the large-scale ultrasmooth complex 3D nanostructures arrays on the surface of crystalline metals. This work has important reference value and guiding significance for researchers to further understand the LSP theory and the new technologies developed from LSP.
Highlights
Laser is one of the great inventions of natural science in the twentieth century
This paper has summarized the technical theory of Laser shock processing (LSP) and introduced the new technologies developed from
LSP from the aspect of laser shock forming (LSF), warm laser shock processing (WLSP), laser shock marking (LSM) and laser shock imprinting (LSI), which has important reference value and guiding significance for researchers to further understand the LSP theory and the new technologies developed from LSP
Summary
Laser is one of the great inventions of natural science in the twentieth century. Since the successful production of the first laser equipment in 1960, the laser quickly received high attention in various fields and has developed rapidly, due to having valuable and special properties. In order to improve the structural reliability and extend the fatigue life of materials without changing the matrix materials, the surface treatment technology plays an important role in industrial production. After the LSP treatment, the fatigue life of the vane-integrated disk can be improved about 4–6 times, which shows the great development prospect for LSP [18]. LSP has played an important part in the fields of aerospace manufacturing industry such as the extension of the fatigue life of vane-integrated disk and engine blades [22,23].
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