This method is employed to set up a superficial state of surface compressive stress, causing the interior of the member to assume an opposite tensile stress. Because the fatigue generally occurs from surface cyclically loaded in tension, the useful lives of such members are frequently extended by shot peening. This method is sometimes employed to achieve an ornamental effect.
Shot peening is done by blasting or hurling a rain of a small shot at high velocity against workpieces to cause slight indentations.
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