Abstract: Traditionally, the unknown variables to be estimated in residual stress measurement are based on the approximation of the stresses. In this paper an alternative approach is presented, in which ...

Abstract: A method based on fracture mechanics solutions for a circumferential crack is used to measure the distribution of axial residual stresses in the circumferential weld between two cylinders. The ...

Abstract: A new method is proposed for measuring the axial component of an axisymmetric residual stress field in thin-walled cylinders. The specific application considered is determination of the stress ...

Abstract: It is shown that stress intensity solutions for axisymmetric cracks in thin-walled cylinders may be obtained for any prescribed axial stress distribution from plane strain solutions. This approach ...

Abstract: An approach based on the use of rotation and displacement solutions for a cracked element in plane strain is used to obtain the stress intensity factor for a long axial crack in a thin-walled ...

Abstract: A method is proposed for measurement of the hoop stress in an axisymmetric residual stress field in cylinders in which the axial stress is independent of the axial coordinate. The method ...

Abstract: The first part of the paper discusses two problems in which the role of residual stresses may be treated using the procedures of fracture mechanics. One is the significant degradation of the ...

Abstract: A new method is presented for the measurement of axisymmetric residual stresses in a solid rod or hollow cylinder in the region which is in a state of plane strain. The experimental procedure ...