Shot Stream Force Affects Thin Components

Author:  Prof. Dr. David Kirk, Coventry University, U.K.
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 27, Issue 4, Fall 2013
Doc ID:  2013042
Year of Publication:  2013
Abstract:  
INTRODUCTION The force exerted by a shot stream must always generate some degree of component bending. This bending may be so small as to be insignificant—as is the case with ‘thick’ components. With ‘thin’ components, however, component bending always induces an element of stress peening. The degree of bending depends on three factors: Magnitude of applied force, F, Thickness of component, t, and Distance between supports, L.