Analysis of residual stresses in bars and tubes of cylindrically orthotropic materials

One of the most frequently used techniques of determining residual stresses in cylindrical bodies of elastically isotropic materials is the Mesnager-Sachs boring-out method. This method is adequate for many engineering materials; however, certain materials possess elastic properties which vary with direction. Materials having one fairly common kind of directional variation are known as cylindrically orthotropic materials. Heretofore, no means has been available for determining the residual stresses from strain data taken after successive borings of members made of such materials. This paper gives the derivation of equations for this purpose along with graphs depicting the error to be expected if the data had been reduced by the Sachs equations.