A method for laser shock peening an article, such as a gas turbine engine airfoil, with varying thickness by varying a surface fluence of a laser beam over a laser shock peening surface as a function of the thickness beneath a laser shock peened spot formed by the beam on the surface. The fluence may...http://www.google.com/patents/US7736450?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7736450 - Varying fluence as a function of thickness during laser shock peening
