Peening trials in No. 1 Ship Shop, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.
One of the test sheets of steel after welding during peening trials held in No. 1 Ship Shop in Portsmouth Dockyard. The test piece is marked Test No. 3 unconstrained first run peened. Peening is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, especially after welding to help relieve the tensile stresses that develop on cooling in the welded metal (as well as the surrounding base metal).
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Object details
| ID: | N26192 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 3 May 1946 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 100 mm x 127 mm |