These thesis deals with electromigration in solder joint. In theoretical part are described lead-free solders, surface finish, formation of solder joint, intermetallic compounds a electromigration. In practical part is investigated a effect of electromigration on growth intermetallic compounds in solder jsoint.

These Graduation Theses solve effects of tribological behaviour of materials pairs on the basic of the SIGMA GROUP a.s. requirements. For available materials there was a target to design tribological pairs and check their behaviour.

En av de mest oönskade bieffekterna vid metallbearbetning är att det blidas grader. Grader kan definieras som plastiskt deformerat material som bildas på en produkts kanter och hörn. De uppstår oftast vid skär- och skjuvande operationer och kan bero på många olika faktorer. Verktygshastighet, skärpa på verktyget och materialvariationer för att nämna några. Dessa grader kan påverka en produkts egenskaper negativt i många avseenden. Att avlägsna dessa grader är både kostsamt, tidskrävande och ett slitsamt monotont arbete. Side Systems AB i Oviken tillverkar ventilblock i aluminium 2007/2033, Automatstål 11SMnPb30 och Segjärn 500–7 och lägger i dagsläget stora resurser på att avlägsna grader. Därför finns en efterfrågan från företaget i att minska denna kostnad och undersöka om det med en vakuumgradningsmaskin EDS-900 går att avlägsna grader på ett effektivt sätt. En bieffekt av vakuumgradning kan vara att Ra-värdet förändras. I detta projekt undersöktes hur olika medier (granulat) hanterade uppgiften att avlägsna grader och hur de förändrade ytjämnheten. Detta utfördes genom mätningar av Ra före och efter gradningsprocessen och genom visuell undersökning av grader i färdigbehandlade produkter. Detta gjordes på ett urval av olika medier och material för att påvisa hur de faktorerna påverkar den slutgiltiga produkten och dess ytjämnhet. Denna undersökning visade att granulat med glaskulor med storlek 90–150 μm påverkade ytjämnheten för aluminium 2007, Automatstål 11SMnPb30 så att Ra-värdet låg under det av Side Systems ställda gränsvärde på 1,6. För segjärn 500–7 uppfyllde inga granulat de ställda kraven. Resultatet av denna undersökning visar även att granulat med glaskulor och storleken 90–150 µm avlägsnar grader på ventilblock tillverkade i aluminium 2007. För resultat på automatstål 11SMnPb30 och segjärn 500–7 behövs vidare studier. Som slutsats kan arbetet användas som underlag för inköp. / One of the most undesirable side effects in metal processing is the formation of burrs. Burrs can be defined as plastic deformations that occur on the edges and corners of a product. They are most commonly generated during cutting and shearing operations and can be attributed to various factors, such as tool speed, sharpness, and material variations, among others. These burrs can have negative implications on the properties of a product in multiple ways. The removal of these burrs is both costly and time-consuming, requiring tedious and labor-intensive work. Side Systems AB in Oviken manufactures valve blocks using Aluminum 2007/2033, Automaton Steel 11SMnPb30, and Cast Iron 500–7 and currently invests significant resources in burr removal. Therefore, there is a request from the company to reduce this cost and investigate whether it is possible to effectively remove burrs using a vacuum deburring machine EDS-900. One side effect of vacuum deburring may be a change in the Ra value. This project aimed to examine how different media (granules) handled the task of removing burrs and how they affected the surface finish. This was achieved through measurements of Ra before and after the deburring process and through visual inspection of burrs in finished products. This was carried out on a selection of different media and materials to demonstrate how these factors impact the final product and its surface finish. This study revealed that granules with glass beads sized 90–150 μm had an impact on the surface smoothness of Aluminum 2007 and Automaton Steel 11SMnPb30, resulting in Ra values below the threshold set by Side Systems at 1.6. For Cast Iron 500–7, none of the tested granules met the specified requirements. However, it should be noted that the aforementioned granules were not examined specifically on cast Iron in this study. This investigation demonstrated that granules with glass beads sized 90–150 µm affected the surface smoothness of Aluminum 2007 and Automaton Steel 11SMnPb30, resulting in Ra values below the specified threshold of 1.6 set by Side Systems. However, none of the tested granules met the requirements for Cast Iron 500–7. The results of this investigation also indicated that granules with glass beads, sized 90–150 µm, effectively remove burrs on valve blocks manufactured in Aluminum 2007. Further studies are required to assess the results for Automaton Steel 11SMnPb30 and Cast Iron 500–7. The conclusion of the work can be used as a basis for procurement. / <p>Betygsdatum 2023-06-28</p>

A criação de programas federais voltados para o desenvolvimento da infraestrutura brasileira no final da década passada resultou no aquecimento do setor de construção civil. Nesse contexto, o sistema de paredes de concreto moldadas no local se destacou devido à sua alta produtividade e repetitividade. Os requisitos e procedimentos para o dimensionamento de paredes de concreto moldadas no local são contemplados na NBR 16055:2012. Dentre as abordagens consideradas nessa norma, ressalta-se a recomendação do uso de concreto autoadensável. No entanto, alguns pontos de interesse não são contemplados na regulamentação vigente como, por exemplo, a incorporação de ar na composição do concreto, bem como os limites de teores de ar incorporado. Assim, a presente pesquisa busca avaliar a influência da incorporação de ar no comportamento de concretos autoadensáveis destinados à execução de paredes de concreto moldadas no local. Para isso, foram produzidos dois traços de concreto autoadensável de classes de resistência C25 e C40 e, a partir de cada um deles, produzidos outros dois traços modificados com aditivo incorporador de ar, variando o teor de ar incorporado, em um total de seis misturas cujas propriedades foram avaliadas tanto no estado fresco quanto no estado endurecido. Além disso, foram moldadas paredes de concreto a fim de analisar a estrutura interna do material com aparelho de ultrassom e o acabamento superficial do elemento por meio de análise de imagens. No caso da classe C25, os resultados demonstram que a influência do teor de ar para os traços modificados foi tão significativa que os concretos produzidos se tornaram inadequados para uso estrutural. Por outro lado, apesar da elevada perda de resistência à compressão aos 28 dias, os dois traços produzidos com incorporação de ar no concreto de classe C40 se adequam às recomendações da NBR 16055:2012. Alia-se a isso o fato de que, quando da execução das paredes em laboratório, os concretos utilizados demonstraram grande capacidade de preenchimento, resultando em elementos com bom acabamento superficial e estrutura interna homogênea, mesmo em regiões de difícil acesso. Sendo assim, o presente trabalho propõe traços muito promissores para utilização em paredes de concreto moldadas no local. / The creation of federal programs aimed at the development of Brazilian infrastructure at the end of the last decade resulted in the heating of civil construction sector. In this context, the system of concrete walls cast in place stood out due to its high productivity and repetitiveness. The requirements and procedures for the design of concrete walls cast in place are contemplated in the NBR 16055:2012. Among the several approaches considered in this code, the recommendation for the use of self-compacting concrete is emphasized. However, some points of interest are not considered in the current regulations, such as the incorporation of air in the concrete composition, as well as the limits for entrained air contents. Thus, the present research seeks to evaluate the influence of air entrainment in the behaviour of self-compacting concrete for the construction of concrete walls cast in place. For this, two self-compacting concrete mixes design of strength classes C25 and C40 were produced and, from each of them, two other mixes modified with air entraining admixture were produced, varying the entrained air content, in a total of six mixtures whose properties were evaluated in both fresh and hardened state. In addition, concrete walls were cast to analyse the internal structure with ultrasonic equipment and the element surface finish by image analysis. In the case of class C25, the results demonstrate that the influence of the air content for the modified mixes was so great that the concretes produced became inappropriate for structural use. On the other hand, despite the high loss of compressive strength at 28 days, the two mixes produced with entrained air in the concrete of class C40 respect the recommendations of the NBR 16055:2012. In addition, when the walls were cast in laboratory, the concretes used showed great filling capacity, resulting in structures with good surface finish and homogeneous internal structure, even in difficult access regions. Therefore, the present work proposes very promising mixes for use in concrete walls cast in place.

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2017-03-23T12:34:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RENAN SERRALVO CAMPOS.pdf: 14804663 bytes, checksum: d21aa4db3ac6aef546c6f30dc795691b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-23T12:34:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RENAN SERRALVO CAMPOS.pdf: 14804663 bytes, checksum: d21aa4db3ac6aef546c6f30dc795691b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-15 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / The high consumption of natural resources and energy, coupled with the significant amount of solid waste generated by the construction activities, makes this sector one of the most responsible for environmental impacts. The recycling of mineral fraction of construction and demolition wastes (CDW), in form of aggregates, is seen as an alternative to reduce these impacts. In this way, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of recycled aggregates on the rheological, mechanical properties, physical indexes and surface finish of self-compacting concrete (SCC). For this, eight compositions of SCC were analyzed, using the Repette-Melo method and Alfred model, which is based on the concept of particle packing, for the mix design of concretes. Thus, two reference mixtures, composed only of natural aggregates, were established. The other mixtures used recycled fine and/or coarse aggregates instead of natural aggregates, at 20% by mass. The properties of fresh concrete were evaluated with respect to the flowability, viscosity (measure of the speed of flow), passing ability and segregation resistance. In hardened state, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, static modulus of elasticity, water absorption by immersion and by capillarity, density and voids index were determined. In this study, rheological characterization of cement pastes and mortars destined to the production of SCC was also carried out using rotational rheometry. Rheological characterization of pastes, mortars and concretes is a suitable way to evaluate the behavior of these composites in fresh state, providing useful information that will aid in mix design process and quality control. Another property evaluated was the surface finish of concretes and mortars and the possible correlation of this with the rheological parameters. Through the results obtained it was possible to verify the loss of fluidity in mortars and concretes that used recycled aggregates. Regarding the mechanical properties, different behaviors were observed in concretes produced with recycled aggregates: those that were dosed by Repette-Melo method did not show a significant decrease of these properties; while the concretes dosed by the concept of particle packing exhibited a great reduction in mechanical properties. Concretes produced with recycled aggregates still showed an increase in water absorption by immersion, voids index and capillary absorption, when comparing to the respective reference mixtures. It was possible to observe a good linear correlation between surface finish and shear stress of mortars. In the case of concretes, the slump-flow was the property that best correlated with the quality of surface finish. / O elevado consumo de recursos naturais e energia, associado ao expressivo montante de res?duos s?lidos gerados pelas atividades de constru??o civil faz deste setor um dos maiores respons?veis por impactos ambientais. A reciclagem da fra??o mineral dos res?duos de constru??o e demoli??o (RCD), na forma de agregados, ? vista como uma alternativa para a diminui??o destes impactos. Isto posto, o objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a influ?ncia dos agregados reciclados nas propriedades reol?gicas, mec?nicas, ?ndices f?sicos e no acabamento superficial de concretos autoadens?veis (CAA). Para isso, foram analisadas oito composi??es de CAA, sendo empregados o m?todo de Repette-Melo e o modelo de Alfred, que tem por base o conceito de empacotamento de part?culas, para a dosagem dos concretos. Assim, foram estabelecidos dois tra?os de refer?ncia, compostos apenas por agregados naturais. As demais misturas utilizaram agregados mi?dos e/ou gra?dos reciclados em substitui??o aos agregados naturais, no teor de 20%, em massa. As propriedades do concreto fresco foram avaliadas no que diz respeito ao espalhamento, tempo de escoamento, habilidade passante e resist?ncia ? segrega??o. No estado endurecido foram determinadas as resist?ncias ? compress?o e ? tra??o por compress?o diametral, o m?dulo de elasticidade est?tico, a absor??o de ?gua por imers?o e por capilaridade, a massa espec?fica e o ?ndice de vazios. Neste estudo tamb?m foi realizada a caracteriza??o reol?gica das pastas de cimento e das argamassas destinadas ? produ??o dos CAA?s, por meio de reometria rotacional. A caracteriza??o reol?gica de pastas, argamassas e concretos ? uma forma adequada para avaliar o comportamento destes comp?sitos no estado fresco, podendo prover informa??es ?teis que auxiliar?o no processo de dosagem e controle de qualidade. Outra propriedade avaliada foi o acabamento superficial dos concretos e argamassas e a poss?vel correla??o deste com os par?metros reol?gicos. Atrav?s dos resultados obtidos foi poss?vel constatar perda de fluidez nas argamassas e concretos que empregaram agregados reciclados. No que tange as propriedades mec?nicas, foram observados comportamentos distintos nos concretos produzidos com agregados reciclados: ?queles dosados pelo m?todo de Repette-Melo n?o apresentaram decr?scimo significativo destas propriedades; enquanto que, os concretos dosados com base no conceito de empacotamento de part?culas exibiram grande redu??o nas propriedades mec?nicas avaliadas. Os concretos produzidos com agregados reciclados ainda apresentaram aumento na absor??o de ?gua por imers?o, no ?ndice de vazios e na absor??o capilar, quando comparados aos respectivos tra?os de refer?ncia. Foi poss?vel observar boa correla??o linear entre o acabamento superficial e a tens?o de cisalhamento das argamassas. No caso dos concretos, o di?metro de espalhamento foi a propriedade que melhor se correlacionou com a qualidade do acabamento superficial.

With increasing environmental awareness, the desire to protect human beings and the environment from adverse effects induced by dispersed metals has become an issue of great concern and interest. New policies, such as REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) within the European Community, have been implemented to reduce hazards posed by the use of chemicals on producers and downstream users. The generation of exposure assessment data and relevant test procedures able to simulate realistic scenarios are essential in such legislative actions. This doctoral study was initiated to fill knowledge gaps related to the metal release process of stainless steels. A wide range of stainless steel grades, fourteen in total, were investigated. They cover a very broad range of applications, and the focus in the thesis was to simulate a few selected exposure scenarios: precipitation, the human body and food intake. Comparisons were made between metal release from stainless steel alloys and the pure metals that constitute each stainless steel in order to explore the differences between alloys and pure metals, and to provide quantitative data on metal release rates of different alloy constituents. Because of similar surface properties between stainless steel and pure chromium, this metal exhibits similar release rates, whereas iron and nickel exhibit significantly lower release rates as alloy components than as pure metals. Detailed studies were also performed to elucidate possible relations between metal release and steel surface properties. Key parameters turned out to be chromium enrichment of the self-passivating surface film, surface roughness, the electrochemically active surface area and the microstructure of the steel substrate. The degree of metal release increased with decreasing chromium content in the surface oxide, increasing surface roughness, and increasing presence of inhomogeneities in the bulk matrix. More detailed studies were initiated to possibly correlate the nucleation of metastable pits and the extent of metal release. Evidence was given that metastable pits exist even when the stainless steel is passive, and may cause extremely short-lived bursts of released metal before the surface film repassivates again. / QC 20100810

To facilitate the transition of Stereolithography (SLA) into the manufacturing domain and to increase its appeal to the micro manufacturing industry, process repeatability and surface finish need to be improved. Researchers have mostly focused on improving SLA surface finish within the capabilities of commercially available SLA machines. The capabilities of these machines are limited and a machine-specific approach for improving surface finish is based purely on empirical data. In order to improve surface finish of the SLA process, a more systematic approach that will incorporate process parameters is needed. To achieve this, the contribution of different laser and process parameters, such as laser beam angle, irradiance distribution, and scan speed, to SLA resolution and indirectly to surface finish, need to be quantified and incorporated into an analytical model. In response, a dynamic analytical SLA cure model has been developed. This model has been applied to SLA geometries of interest. Using flat surfaces, the efficacy of the model has been computationally and experimentally demonstrated. The model has been applied to process planning as a computational inverse design method by using parameter estimation techniques, where surface finish improvement on slanted surfaces has been achieved. The efficacy of this model and its improvement over the traditional cure models has been demonstrated computationally and experimentally. Based on the experimental results, use of the analytical model in process planning achieves an order of magnitude improvement in surface roughness average of SLA parts. The intellectual contributions of this research are the development of an analytical SLA cure model and the application of this model to process planning along with inverse design techniques for parameter estimation and subsequent surface finish improvement.

L’eau supercritique peut être utilisée comme caloporteur à haute pression pour améliorer le rendement des centrales électriques. Pour un concept de réacteur nucléaire, la durée de vie des matériaux est un paramètre important en termes de sécurité. Par conséquent, les critères de sélection des matériaux pour un concept de réacteur à l’eau supercritique concernent les propriétés mécaniques à haute température pour une bonne tenue au fluage et à l’irradiation mais également une résistance à la corrosion généralisée et à la corrosion sous contrainte. Ce travail à pour objectif d’améliorer la compréhension des mécanismes de corrosion en eau supercritique à 600°C et 25 MPa pour des alliages c.f.c contenant du fer, du nickel et du chrome. Des essais de corrosion ont été réalisés sur des autoclaves échantillons d’alliages 316L et 690 en prenant en compte l’état de surface. Les couches d’oxydes formées ont été décrites en termes de morphologie, de composition et de structure, après caractérisations par microscopie électronique à balayage, par spectroscopie à décharge luminescente et par diffraction des rayons X. Si un comportement de type gazeux de l’eau supercritique est attendu dans les conditions d’essai, les résultats montrent une dissolution significative de certains éléments de l’alliage. Par conséquent, la corrosion en eau supercritique peut être considérée comme similaire à la corrosion aqueuse avec un effet de la température qui peut influencer la diffusion en phase solide par exemple. Pour l’alliage 690, la couche d’oxyde protectrice formée sur une surface polie est composée de chromine et surmontée d’un chromite ou d’un spinelle mixte de nickel et de fer. La double couche d’oxyde formée sur une surface de même finition pour l’alliage 316L semble moins protectrice. La couche externe de magnétite est poreuse et la couche interne riche en chrome est non homogène. Pour chaque alliage, l’étude des mécanismes de diffusion, grâce à des expériences utilisant des marqueurs ou des traceurs, révèle une croissance de la couche d’oxyde contrôlée par un processus anionique. Cependant, l’état de surface influence fortement les mécanismes de formation des couches d’oxyde. La comparaison des résultats sur l’acier suggère qu’il y a une concurrence entre l’oxydation du fer et celle du chrome. Une quantité suffisante de chrome est nécessaire pour former une fine couche d’oxyde protectrice. Les surfaces très déformées ou à microstructure à grains très fins conduisent à des fines couches d’oxyde de chrome, grâce à une forte densité de site de germination ou grâce aux courts-circuits de diffusion du chrome. L’état de surface est donc déterminant pour l’acier mais le même paramètre engendre des effets différents pour l’alliage à base de nickel. Les surfaces usinées deviennent sensibles à une oxydation interne du chrome, même si une fine couche d’oxyde continue et riche en chrome et manganèse se forme. Ce phénomène suggère une diffusion accélérée concurrentielle entre l’oxygène et le chrome. Pour conclure, ce travail propose un mécanisme de croissance de la couche d’oxyde dans chaque cas et discute des conditions favorables à la formation d’une couche d’oxyde protectrice riche en chrome dans l’optique d’une application au réacteur à eau supercritique. / Supercritical water can be use as a high pressure coolant in order to improve the thermodynamic efficiency of power plants. For nuclear concept, lifetime is an important safety parameter for materials. Thus materials selection criteria concern high temperature yield stress, creep resistance, resistance to irradiation embrittlement and also to both uniform corrosion and stress corrosion cracking.This study aims for supplying a new insight on uniform corrosion mechanism of Fe-Ni-Cr f.c.c. alloys in deaerated supercritical water at 600°C and 25MPa. Corrosion tests were performed on 316L and 690 alloys as sample autoclaves taking into account the effect of surface finishes. Morphologies, compositions and crystallographic structure of the oxides were determined using FEG scanning electron microscopy, glow discharge spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. If supercritical water is expected to have a gas-like behaviour in the test conditions, the results show a significant dissolution of the alloy species. Thus the corrosion in supercritical water can be considered similar to corrosion in under-critical water assuming the higher temperature and its effect on the solid state diffusion. For alloy 690, the protective oxide layer formed on polished surface consists of a chromia film topped with an iron and nickel mixed chromite or spinel. The double oxide layer formed on 316L steel seems less protective with an outer porous layer of magnetite and an inhomogeneous Cr-rich inner layer. For each alloy, the study of the inner protective scale growth mechanisms by marker or tracer experiments reveals that diffusion in the oxide scale is governed by an anionic process. However, surface finishes impact deeply the growth mechanisms. Comparisons between the results for the steel suggest that there is a competition between the oxidation of iron and chromium in supercritical water. Sufficient available chromium is required in order to form a thin oxide layer. Highly deformed or ultra fine microstructure surfaces lead to thin chromium rich oxide layers thanks to either diffusion short circuiting or increasing Cr oxide nucleation site. The nature of the surface is a determining factor in the steel instance. The same parameter breeds different effects for the Ni-based alloy. Machined surfaces lead to internal oxidation on alloy 690 even if a thin Cr and Mn rich oxide scale is formed. Competitive diffusion of oxygen and Cr species through the diffusion short circuit paths of the alloy is suggested. This work proposes oxide growth mechanisms for each case. Finally the conditions leading to the formation of chromium-rich protective oxide films in supercritical water are discussed.

Les structures composites sont de plus en plus présentes dans le domaine aéronautique. Le perçage, procédé qui permet le montage de fixations pour assembler ces structures, peut induire des défauts tels que délaminages, écaillages, arrachements de fibres ou surchauffes au niveau de l’alésage.Dans la littérature les auteurs s’intéressent principalement aux défauts créés en entrée et en sortie de trou. Aussi, cette recherche s’est focalisée sur les défauts de paroi crées par l’opération de perçage. Une caractérisation qualitative et quantitative a été proposée et le lien entre ces défauts et la tenue mécanique a été évalué.L’état de surface des parois est quantifié via sa rugosité qui mesure globalement les défauts générés lors du perçage. Jusqu’à présent, la qualité de la surface est estimée par un critère de rugosité géométrique Ra issu de la culture métallique. Il présente un certain nombre d’incohérences pour les perçages des composites. Dans ce travail de thèse, les relations entre les paramètres de perçage, le matériau de l’outil, sa géométrie et la qualité des alésages mesurée par les critères normalisés d’état de surface ont été établies. Un critère de qualité des parois de trou pour les matériaux composites autre que les critères normalisés a été proposé.La nature intime de la surface de contact influence clairement la qualité du transfert de charge par contact localisé. Dans un premier temps, l’influence des défauts de paroi sur la tenue en matage quasi-statique a été établie, ensuite, la tenue en compression quasi-statique des stratifiés C/E liée à la présence de défauts de paroi a été étudiée. Une analyse de la tenue en fatigue des stratifiés percés liée à la présence des défauts d’état de surface a aussi été réalisée. Enfin, une analyse numérique originale par éléments finis incluant une représentation géométrique des défauts observés, a permis de mieux cerner la cinétique d’endommagement des stratifiés percés liés à la présence de défauts de paroi / Composite materials are finding an increasing number of applications in the aerospace industry. The drilling is the process that allows the fasteners installation. The drilling operation can induce defects such as delamination, fibers and matrix pull-out and matrix burning.Previous studies focused mainly on the defects created at the hole entry and exit. Only few of these studies concern the hole wall drilling defects. In this study, we focused on the hole wall defects created by the drilling operation. A qualitative and quantitative characterization of defects was proposed and the relationship between these defects and the mechanical strength was evaluated.The hole surface finish is quantified by the roughness criterion Ra, that comes from metallic culture. Because of their heterogeneous nature, composite materials do not present the same defects patterns as metallic materials. The question that arises is whether the roughness may have an influence on the mechanical behavior of composite materials. In this study, the relation between the drilling parameters, the drill material, its geometry and the hole quality quantified with normalized parameters has been established. A criterion used to quantify the hole surface finish of composites have been proposed.The inner nature of the contact surface clearly influences the load transfer quality. As a first step, the influence of the hole wall defects on the quasi-static bearing behavior has been established, then the compressive behavior linked to the presence of hole wall defects have been studied. An analysis of the fatigue behavior of drilled laminates due to the presence of hole wall defects have been conducted.Finally, a numerical analysis by finite elements including an original geometric representation of the defects observed, has allowed to further clarify the damage kinetics of drilled laminates linked to the presence of drilling defects.

Surface treatments used to improve the life of a material known as peening are already extensively used in industry. The main aim of peening is to introduce compressive resiudal stress to the surface and subsurface of a metallic material, however literature also includes a number of microstructural and mechanical effects that peening introduces to a material when the compressive residual stress is established. The aim of this dissertation is compare and contrast the mechanical and microstructural effects of a current industrial peening method called shot peening, with three new increasingly competitive surface treatments. These are laser shock peening, ultrasonic impact treatment and water jet cavitation peening. The surface finish, and changes in microstructure, hardness depth profile, residual stress depth profile and plastic work depth profile of the four surface treatments are analysed. The effect of the peening parameters on the material is also determined, such as length of time of treatment, shot size, step size, direction of treatment, and irradiance per centimetre squared. The effect of peening on the residual stress depth profile of a gas tungsten eight pass grooved weld is also determined. Welding is a known region of early failure of material, with one of the factors affecting this being the introduction of tensile residual stress to the surface and near surface of the weld. An analysis to determine if peening the welded region alters the residual stress was carried out. In all experiments in this dissertation, the material that was used was austenitic stainless steel, as this material is highly used, especially within the nuclear industry. The results of this dissertation show that different peening types and peenign parameters produce a variety of surface, microstructural and mechanical effects to austenitic stainless steel. Peening of an aaustenitic stainless steel welded region results in teh near surface tensile residual stress to alter to ccompressive residual stress.