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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2002
Allan H. Clauer, Worthington, OH (US);
David F. Lahrman, Powell, OH (US);
Jeff L. Dulaney, Dublin, OH (US);
Steve M. Toller, Dublin, OH (US);
LSP Technologies, Inc., Dublin, OH (US);
Abstract
Articles produced by laser shock processing exhibit various compressive residual stress distribution profiles. A gas turbine engine airfoil includes an asymmetrical stress profile formed through the thickness of its thin section. The articles include plural laser shock peened surfaces and plural regions having deep compressive residual stresses imparted by laser shock peening extending into the article from the laser peened surfaces. One article includes at least one set of simultaneously formed, adjacent non-overlapping laser shock peened surfaces. Another article includes at least one set of opposing laser shock peened surfaces formed at different times at opposite sides of the article. Another article includes at least one set of opposing laser shock peened surfaces formed simultaneously at opposite sides of the article using laser beams having different pulse lengths. Another article includes at least one set of laterally offset laser shock peened surfaces simultaneously formed at opposite sides of the article.