Residual Stress and Stress Relaxation

Session I.- The Nature of Residual Stress and Its Measurement.- Session II.- Thermal and Transformation Stresses.- Load Induced Residual Stress Changes in Carburized Steel Computations and Experiments.- Residual Stresses and Distortion in Weldments-A Review of the Present State-of-the-Art-.- Thermal Modifications of Welding Residual Stresses.- Shot Peening and Residual Stresses.- Session III.- Measurement of Throughwall Residual Stresses in Large-Diameter Piping Butt Weldments Using Strain-Gauge Techniques.- X-Ray Methods for Measuring Residual Stress.- Measurements of Stress in the Interior of Solids with Neutrons.- Session IV.- Mechanical Relaxation Response of 2¼ Cr-1 Mo Steel.- Effect of Temperature on Stress Relaxation of Several Metallic Materials.- Thermal Relaxation in Autofrettaged Cylinders.- Session V.- The Numerical Simulation of Crack Growth in Weld-Induced Residual Stress Fields.- Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Crack Growth-Residual Stress Effects.- Stress Corrosion Crack Growth in the Presence of Residual Stresses.- The Relaxation of Residual Stresses During Fatigue.- Session VI.- The Generation of Residual Stresses in Metal-Forming Processes.- Stress Relaxation in Spring Materials.- Problems with Residual Stress in the Railroad Industry.- Measurement of Residual Stresses in Ammunition.- Session VII.- X-Ray Residual Stress Measurement Systems for Army Material Problems.- Residual Stresses and Stress Relieving in Uranium Alloys.- Residual Stresses in Resin Matrix Composites.- Residual Stress Measurement in Metal Matrix Composites.- Residual Stress Development in Ceramics.- Session VIII.- Determination of Residual Stress Distributions in the Interior of Technical Parts by Means of Neutron Diffraction.- Calculation of Quenching Stresses with and Without Transformation Effects.- X-Ray Measurements of Long-Range Strains: A Bridge Between Micromechanics and Macromechanics.- Stress Relaxation Characteristics and Data Utilization.