On the correction of plasticity effect at the hole edge when using the centre hole method for measuring high welding residual stress

Significant error caused by plasticity at the hole edge may arise when measuring sufficiently high welding residual stress by means of the hole drilling method. According to elastoplastic theory, a critical parameter of plastic deformation round the centre hole is obtained. On the basis of this critical parameter, a simple method is proposed to correct the stresses for the plasticity effect. It is shown in the experiments with welded joints that the correction method may improve the accuracy of high residual stress measurement.