Revised Guidance on Residual Stresses in BS7910

A major revision of the British Standard BS7910 on “Guide to Methods for Assessing the Acceptability of Flaws in Metallic Structures” is being planned for issue in 2012. This paper provides an overview of the proposed revised guidance in relation to recommended weld residual stress profiles. As such, the paper is focussed on the proposed revised Annex Q of BS7910 which deals with residual stress distributions in as-welded joints.