Residual stresses in structural steel shapes--a summary of measured values, February 1973 (74-12)

A summary is presented of ther.mal residual stresses and their distributions measured on various structural steel shapes. The longitudinal residual stresses are shown in figures drawn to scale suitable for direct use by researchers and designers. Over eighty different shapes are included comprising hotrolled (wide-flanges, angles, tubular shapes and rails) and welded sections (H-, L-, T-, and box shapes). The H-sections are in the majority, ranging in size from W4xl3 to W14x730 for hot-rolled sections, and -from H7x21 to H24xl122 for 'the welded sections. The major portion of the reported results comes from various research projects conducted at Lehigh University dUJ::"ing the past two decades. Some results come from research conducted elsewhere.