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Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2014
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Gordon Sanders, Cle Elum, WA (US);

Hali T. Diep, Renton, WA (US);

McKay Alma Kunz, Buckley, WA (US);

Timothy Barber, Seattle, WA (US);

Gregory L. Ramsey, Seabeck, WA (US);

James B. Castle, Rolla, MO (US);

Colton Reid Culbertson, Tukwila, WA (US);

Long Ly, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 26/02 (2011.01); C21D 7/06 (2006.01); B23P 9/04 (2006.01); B21D 26/06 (2006.01); C22F 3/00 (2006.01); C21D 1/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 7/06 (2013.01); B21D 26/02 (2013.01); B21D 26/06 (2013.01); B23P 9/04 (2013.01); C21D 1/09 (2013.01); C22F 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of cavitation peening a workpiece is provided. The method includes discharging a flow of fluid towards the workpiece at a pressure and a flow rate that facilitates forming a plurality of cavitation bubbles, monitoring a feedback parameter associated with the plurality of cavitation bubbles, and determining a peening intensity of the plurality of cavitation bubbles based at least partially on a value of the feedback parameter.


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