Shot peening is known to improve the fatigue performance of structural metallic materials. The improvement in fatigue life is derived primarily from compressive residual stresses that are introduced into the near-surface of the components and which hinder crack initiation and growth. Magnesium alloys are finding increasing use in automotive applications, but their relatively low strength means ...

The performance of components produced by conventional route of a thermo mechanical process and those produced by continuous casting is interesting from different aspects of economy and technology. The performance of products in their service depends on their properties which are strongly influenced by production routes. In the present work the hardness, tensile and tensile-impact behaviors of ...