Determination of residual stresses in rolled material is important for
the design of product and process. Different approaches for determini
ng them and difficulties associated with the methods are discussed. A
simplified approach to find the longitudinal residual stress (stress i
n the direction of rolling) is proposed. A parametric study has been c
arried out to show the influence of process parameters on the residual
stress distribution pattern. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.