<a style="color:#000" href="https://www.tugraz.at/institute/ittm">Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics</a></br><a href="https://www.tugraz.at">Graz University of Technology</a> https://aeroenginesafety.tugraz.at/ 2026-06-13T03:59:20+00:00 https://aeroenginesafety.tugraz.at/ https://aeroenginesafety.tugraz.at/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2022-05-16T17:07:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://aeroenginesafety.tugraz.at/doku.php?id=16:162:1622:16224:16224&rev=1652720834&do=diff 16.2.2.4 Residual Stresses <a id="residual-stresses"></a> In this chapter, residual stresses (also referred to as internal stresses or self-equilibrating stresses) are defined as stresses existing in a part without external loads. Therefore, thermal stresses resulting from temperature gradients are also residual stresses. Residual stresses are grouped into three categories as described in Reference 16.2.2.4-1: type I, type II, and type III (<a id="effects-of-residual-stresses"></a><a id="equi…