Abstract: A solution is presented that will allow the compliance method for residual stress measurement to be applied to layered materials. The solution is for surface strains due to arbitrary normal ...

Abstract: A powerful new method for residual stress measurement is presented. A part is cut in two, and the contour, or profile, of the resulting new surface is measured to determine the displacements ...

Abstract: Introducing a thin cut from the surface of a part containing residual stresses produces a change in strain on the surface. When the strains are measured as a function of the depth of the ...

Abstract: In previous work it has been shown that near surface residual stresses may be deduced from surface strains produced by making a cut of progressively increasing depth. The process of electric ...