Download or read book Residual Stress and Its Effects on Fatigue and Fracture written by Anastasius Youtsos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-20 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of this book have been grouped into three topic areas covering theoretical /numerical and experimental analyses of residual stress and its effects on fatigue and fracture. It details recent advances on its title topics by leading European experts and contains theoretical/numerical studies of high value backed by sound experimental data. It also provides experimental studies based on novel and verifiable testing methods.