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Residual Stress
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residual stress [rə′zij·ə·wəl ′stres]
(mechanics)

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.

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.



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HEAT TREATMENT NDE RESIDUAL STRESS - NEW METHOD Introduction Internal stresses are to be considered as the following: 1) Operational strains referring to loads that the material is subject and calculated 2) Residual stresses in the material caused by heat treatments or stresses caused by welding, forging, casting, etc.
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