An assessment of the Sachs method for measuring residual stresses in cold worked fastener holes

Abstract

Measurements of residual stresses in 6 mm thick aluminium alloy 2024 plates containing 4 per cent cold worked fastener are made using the Sachs method. The measurements are made on discs extracted from the plates. The measured tangential residual stress distribution adjacent to the hole edge are found to be affected by the disc diameter. The measured residual stresses are also in good agreement with averaged through-thickness predictions of residual stresses from an axisymmetric finite element (FE) model of the cold working process. A finite element analysis is also conducted to simulate disc extraction and then the Sachs method. The measured FE residual stresses from the Sachs simulation are found to be in good agreement with the averaged through-thickness predicted residual stresses. The Sachs simulation was not able to reproduce the detailed near-surface residual stresses found from the finite element model of the cold working process.

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residual stresses cold working fastener holes finite element analysis measurement

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