Residual
Welding
Stresses - Residual stresses and the practical methods for dealing with them have been known for a long time. Now, with the advanced technology, more realistic assessment of residual stresses is possible.
Subtle and exasperating as residual stresses may be, they never the less are subject to analysis, conform to fundamental principles and originate in mechanical and metallurgical mechanisms which we may reasonably expect to understand to the extent that we understand the structure of metals. The effects of residual stresses are subtle, far reaching and occasionally disastrous.
