scope:

Quality assurance of welded structures needs tools for quantitative nondestructive analysis of stress states. In the last ten years extensive research and development has been done to develop stress-analysing by techniques of a typical "ndt-style," i.e., the use of a probe manipulated by hand or a manipulator, together with portable equipment. The present state of development of such an approach and the most important results obtain-ed up to now are described in this report which covers Residual Stress at Weldments, Nondestructive Measurement and Analysis Techniques, including X-ray Diffraction, Neutron Diffraction, Ultrasonic Methods, Magnetic Methods and Other Methods. A comprehensive bibliography is provided