What Can Cause Residual Stresses In Steel Members?
What Can Cause Residual Stresses In Steel Members? Residual stress plays an important role in the design of steel columns. In structural steel, residual stresses may be due to several causes which include the following: (1) Uneven cooling of shape after hot-rolling; and, (2) Fabrication operations such as cold-bending, welding, flame-cutting and punching, etc. What