Prediction on Residual Stress and Fatigue Life of Magnesium Alloy Treated by Laser Shot Peening

Numerical study on fatigue life of ZK60 magnesium alloy plate before and after laser shot peening (LSP) was carried out in this paper. Based on the FEA model, residual stress field induced by LSP was analyzed, the fatigue life and position of weak area were predicted with ABAQUS software and MSC.Fatigue code, respectively, and the processing parameters were optimized. The results show that the fatigue life of ZK60 sheet metal by single LSP with one side and both sides increased by 72.9% and 78.5% compared with the untreated sample respectively. The size and depth of compressive residual stress increase with the increment of peening number, but when the peening number gets to a certain value, the residual stress reaches saturation and the fatigue life increase no longer significantly.