Residual stress
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Description
The internal stress in a material at rest. Residual stress often result from nonuniform thermal changes, deformations, or other external forces applied during the forming or curing process.
Synonyms and Related Terms
"Restspannung (Deut.); contrainte résiduelle (Fr.); internal stress; internal force
Authority
- Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000