OTH 482 = A REVIEW OF RESIDUAL STRESS wf SE DISTRIBUTIONS IN WELDED — JOINTS FOR THE DEFECT ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES Prepared by AEA Technology ple for the Health and Safety Executive Offshore Technology Report Health and Safety ExecutiveOTH 482 A REVIEW OF RESIDUAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS IN WELDED JOINTS FOR THE DEFECT ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES Authors SK Bate, D Green AEA Technology pic Risley, Warrington Cheshire WA3 6AT D Buttle AEA Technology pic Culham, Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 3DB HSE BOOKS. Health and Safety Executive - Offshore Technology Report© Crown copyright 1997 Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to: Copyright Unit, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ First published 1997 ISBN 6-7176-2411-0 All rights reserved, No part of this publication ‘may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, oF iransmittad in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photacopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior ritian poreission of the coppright owner. ‘This report is published by the Health and Safety Executive as part of a series of reports of work which has been supported by funds provided by the Executive, Neither the Executive, o the contractors concerned assume any liability for the report nor do they nevessatily reflect the views or policy of the Executive. Regults, including detailed evaluation and, where relevant, recommendations stemming from theit research projects are published in the OTH/OTI series of reports.