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ABSTRACT
The individual contributions of residual compressive stresses, high dislocation densities, and surface roughness that are induced by shot peening to the improvement of fatigue life of Al 2024 are assessed. Stress amplitudes to number of fatigue cycles (S-N) curves and microcrack propagation (da/dN-ΔK curves) are determined for both underaged (T3) and peak-aged (T6) conditions. The fatigue behavior of the electropolished (which is also the reference condition), shot peened, shot peened and stress relieved, shot peened and polished, and shot peened, stress relieved, and polished condition is evaluated in fatigue tests.
