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residual stress

[rə′zij·ə·wəl ′stres]
(mechanics)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

residual stress

A stress that remains in an unloaded member after it has been formed into a finished product, such as that induced in steel shapes by cold bending, cooling after rolling, or welding.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Residual Stress

 

the stress that remains in a solid body once all external forces have been removed. A residual stress develops in a solid when the external forces elicit both elastic strain and plastic flow.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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