Residual Stress Effects on Fatigue and Fracture Testing and Incorporation of Results Into Design


This book represents the research of several authors presented at the Symposium on Residual Stress

Effects on Fatigue and Fracture Testing and Incorporation of Results into Design held in Salt Lake

City, Utah, May 19-20, 2004. This symposium brought together researchers, practitioners of residual

stress measurement techniques, structural analysts, and designers specializing in the influence of

residual stress on fatigue and fracture. The intent of the symposium was to foster continued dialogue

between these groups and thereby provide each with an understanding of the state of knowledge concerning

residual stresses and their effect on structural integrity. Residual stresses can be present due

to processing and manufacturing of materials and structures, so it is imperative to understand how and

why they can influence the test data that we used in structural design methodologies. Residual

stresses may also be intentionally engineered into structures in attempts to improve fatigue life, and

it is equally important that designers understand how to account for these potential effects on fatigue life.






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