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• What is effect of shot peening coverage on residual stress, cold work and fatigue of nickel-base superalloy? Abstract
• What is effect of shot peening coverage on residual stress, cold work and fatigue in a Ni-Cr-Mo Low Alloy Steel? Abstract
• What is effect of shot peening on residual stress and fatigue life of a spring steel? Abstract
• What is effect of shot peening on the fatigue behavior of Alloy 7075-T6? Abstract
• What is effect of shot peening on fatigue strength? Abstract
• Inadequate peening cited in Helicopter accident Abstract
• Inadequate shot peening causes failures in main landing gear. Abstract
• What you always wanted to know about shot peening. Abstract
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• Peening indentations put compressive stresses in metal surface. Abstract
• How do you prevent fatigue? (the answer is not vitamins) Basic Factors Abstract
• How can you operate a wheel-blast machine efficiently? Abstract
• Can you generate fatigue curves without testing? (No more million-cycle tests?) Abstract
• What happens when you peen a part while it is at an elevated temperature? Abstract