The process of laser shock peening induces compressive residual stresses in a material
to improve material fatigue life. For micron sized laser beams, the size of the
laser-target interaction zone is of the same order of magnitude as the target
material grains and, thus, the target material must be considered anisotropic
and inhomogeneous. Single crystals are chosen to study the effects of the
anisotropic mechanical properties. It is of further interest to investigate
the response of symmetric and asymmetric slip systems with respect to the
shocked surface. In the present study, analytic, numerical, and experimental
aspects of laser shock peening on two different crystal surfaces, (110) and
, of
aluminum single crystals are studied. Anisotropic slip line theory is employed for the
construction of slip line fields for both orientations and compared with numerical
results. Lattice rotations of the cross section are measured using Electron Backscatter
Diffraction (EBSD).
Keywords
laser shock peening, single crystal, micromechanics,
anisotropic slip line theory