Studies on ultra-short pulsed laser shock peening of stainless-steel in different confinement media

Kishore Elango, Jan S. Hoppius, Lalit M. Kukreja +2

Laser Shock Peening (LSP) of stainless-steel 316 and 316L was studied using Ti: Sapphire laser pulses of about 2 ps duration, maximum energy of about 1mJ and pulse repetition rate…