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Fritz B. Harris
Researcher at Metal Improvement Co LLC
Publications - 34
Citations - 469
Fritz B. Harris is an academic researcher from Metal Improvement Co LLC. The author has contributed to research in topics: Laser & Laser peening. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 34 publications receiving 450 citations. Previous affiliations of Fritz B. Harris include University of California.
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Surface prestressing to improve fatigue strength of components by laser shot peening
TL;DR: Laser shot peening has been developed as a surface treatment to metals as mentioned in this paper, which has been shown to induce surface residual stresses comparable to those achieved by conventional shot-peening, but to much greater depths.
Patent
Contour forming of metals by laser peening
Hackel Lloyd,Fritz B. Harris +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a method and apparatus for forming shapes and contours in metal sections by generating laser induced compressive stress on the surface of the metal workpiece is provided, where a tamping layer of water is flowed over the absorptive layer.
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Laser peening technology
Michael R. Hill,Adrian T. DeWald,Anne G. Demma,Lloyd A. Hackel,Hao-Lin Chen,C. Brent Dane,Robert C. Specht,Fritz B. Harris +7 more
Patent
Laser shock processing with momentum trap
TL;DR: In this article, a compliant solid material acts as a momentum trap, so that the acoustic waves are at least partially coupled into the compliant solid materials and attenuated outside of the metallic body.
Patent
Active beam delivery system for laser peening and laser peening method
TL;DR: In this article, a laser peening method and system allows the work piece to be fixed, while moving and directing the laser beam, is presented, where the laser energy follows an optical path including an essentially straight segment from the transmitting mirror to the receiving mirror, having a variable length and a variable angle relative to the input optics.