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LSP Technologies, Inc. Articles
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Reduction of Aircraft engine blade damage case study
Problem Beginning in 1991, the B-1B Lancer`s F101 engine began experiencing failures of titanium turbine blades due to foreign object damage (FOD) caused by ice and hard objects ingested into the engine. Chunks of blades that broke loose, in some ...
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Surface distribution of Residual stresses case study
It is important to have relatively uniform residual stresses across the treated area on a part, and LSP provides this. The surface stress distribution along the radius of a laser shock peened spot is shown in Figure 1 for an aluminum alloy. This is ...