Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2012
Shot peening was conducted on [100]- and [111]-oriented monocrystalline nickel-based superalloy samples to study the effect of crystal orientation on the distributions of the residual stress and evolution of microstructures in the deformation layers on the sample surfaces as a function of the coverage up to 400%. The XRD results show that the orientation randomizations and the values of compressive residual stress in the [111]-oriented samples are relatively higher than those in the [001]-oriented samples. Moreover, the residual-stress distribution in each sample is anisotropic, and the residual stress is maximum along the 〈110〉 direction. This phenomenon can be explained by the anisotropic properties of a single-crystal alloy and mechanism of the dislocation slip in the plastic deformation layers. Line profile analysis was also used to obtain microstructural information of the samples.