| SP | Shot Peening |
| UIP | Ultrasonic Impact Peening |
| LSP | Laser Shock Peening |
| SMAT | Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment |
| RCS | Residual Compressive Stress |
| SPD | Severe Plastic Deformation |
| SSP | Severe Shot Peeing |
| LBW | Laser Beam Welding |
| WSP | Warm Shot Peening |
| DSA | Dynamic Strain Aging |
| TIG | Tungsten Inert Gas Welding |
| FSW | Friction Stir Welding |
| FEM | Finite Element Model |
| RSM | Response Surface Methodology |
| SS | Stainless Steel |
| MSP | Microshot Peening |
| RSSP | Re-Peened Severe Shot Peening |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| CMT | Cold Metal Transfer |
| AM | Additive Manufactured |
| LPwC | Laser Peening Without Coating |
| WLSP | Warm Laser Shock Peening |
| DP | Dynamic Precipitation |
| DC | Disloaction Cell |
| DT | Disloaction Tangle |
| MT | Mechanial Twin |
| DSP | Dual Shot Peening |
| SAED | Selected Area Electron Diffraction |
| BF | Bright Field |
| DF | Dark Field |
| BM | Base Material |
| CLSP | Cryogenic Laser Shock Peening |
| SLM | Selective Laser Melting |
| FS-LSP | Femtosecond Laser Shock Peening |
| LPF | Laser Peen Forming |
| LSSP | Laser Shock Surface Patterning |
| EP-LSP | Electro Pulsing-Assisted Laser Shock Peening |
| CC-LSP | Continuous Current Assisted Laser Shock Peening |
| SCC | Stress Corrosion Cracking |
| WAAM | Wire Arc Additively Manufactured |
| UNSM | Ultrasonic Nanocrystal Surface Modification |
| PEO | Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation |
| PC | Plasma-Carburizing |