The title provides a comprehensive study of the slitting method for residual stress measurement, including analysis, computation, measurement, and estimation. It discusses different roles of residual stresses from the fracture mechanics perspective. Since its initial development in mid-1980, the slitting method has found increasing applications in many configurations that would be very difficult for traditional techniques. This work introduces students to the concepts of residual stresses and their measurement with examples and provides engineers with detailed procedures in computation and experiment for implementing methods. Researchers will also benefit from the detailed coverage of the elements of the analysis and computation.

This book provides complete coverage of the slitting method. It details new results in analysis, computation, and estimation and discusses different roles of residual stresses from the fracture mechanics perspective. It provides detailed formulations and examples of compliance functions, weighted least squares fit and convergence test in stress estimation, and computer programs to facilitate the implementation of the slitting method.