The invention discloses a method and device for connecting a
metal pipe based on a
laser shock wave technology and belongs to the technical field of
laser processing. In the invention, a
black paint applied to the upper end part of a plugging rod serves as a
laser energy absorption layer, and water serves as a restraint layer; a laser
pulse beam subjected to parameter optimization enters the interior of a
pipe fitting along the axis of the
pipe fitting, so as to be irradiated on the
absorption layer at the upper end part of the plugging rod through a
light guide system; the
absorption layer absorbs the energy of the laser so as to be gasified and ionized, thus forming high-
voltage plasmas; and the high-
voltage plasmas quickly dilate to form a high-amplitude
shock wave, thereby promoting the quick dilatational strain of an inner pipe and causing the inner pipe to violently collide with an outer pipe, therefore the parts, which are impacted by the laser
shock wave, of the two pipe fittings are plastically deformed obviously; and intensive
thermal effect is produced during the collision process so that the interfaces of the collision parts of the two pipes are adhesively jointed together. The method and device provided by the invention are wide in application range, and capable of connecting
metal pipe fittings different from each other in
melting point, in coefficient of thermal dilation, in
thermal treatment condition and in state.