R. Herzog et al., THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALMEN INTENSITY FOR T HE GENERATION OF SHOT PEENING RESIDUAL-STRESSES, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, 27(12), 1996, pp. 608-617
In practice, shot peening operations are characterized by almen intens
ity and coverage applied as well as by specifications of type and hard
ness of the material and the shot peening medium respectively. However
, this is not unambigous and consequently not sufficient in all cases,
This is outlined and discussed using experimental investigations abou
t the influence of almen intensity and shot diameter on near surface r
esidual stress distributions, taking energy exchanges into account.