Links to pages on residual stress measurement

The Contour Method. Measure a full cross-sectional map of residual stresses.

• The Stress and Damage Characterisation Group at U. Manchester has a brochure on slitting measurements.
• Fatigue Crack Propagation and Stable Tearing in FSW’d Aluminum Sheet, Eui Lim, et al. Has a nice application of slitting measurements for looking at fatigue crack growth. See pages 15-17.
• A page on the slitting method from pioneers Weili Cheng and Iain Finnie
• Hill Engineering has a nice page on slitting measurements.
• A nice discussion of residual stress in aluminum forgings from David Tanner at the University of Limerick.
• A listing of upcoming conferences related to residual stress.
• Some information from the crack compliance pioneer Weili Cheng at his employer's site. Note that the first two figures show measurements on a valve seat done using plunge EDM, not wire EDM.
• Residual stress page at the UK's National Physical Laboratory.
• ENSPED web site on prestress. Has a detailed discussion of residual stress.
• The Structural Integrity Research Group at the University of Plymouth has several reports you can download on residual stress measurements in various components.
• Mike Hill at U.C. Davis has several papers you can download on residual stress measurement with the Eigenstrain approach and on micromechanical predictions of fracture with residual stress.
• LANSCE - the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center uses both Neutrons & x-rays to measure residual stress
• Oak Ridge National Lab has a Residual Stress User Center
• Gary Schajer at UBC does research on the hole drilling method and residual stress