Technical Program

Plan today to attend the premier technical gathering that brings together leading experts and professionals in residual stress research and engineering from around the world.

Topics for the 2026 conference will include:

• Residual Stress Measurement Methods: Explore cutting-edge techniques for measuring residual stress.
• Correlation Among Methods: Understand the relationships between different measurement methods.
• Manufacturing Processes: Investigate how various processes influence residual stress.
• Additive Manufacturing: Evaluate residual stress in this evolving technology.
• Material Properties: Delve into the impacts of residual stress on fatigue, corrosion, and stress corrosion cracking.
• Residual Stress Simulation: Explore advanced simulation techniques.
• Residual Stress Modification: Learn about modifying residual stress through shot peening, heat treatment, and other methods.
• Formation of Residual Stress Fields: Examine their characteristics and influence on distortion, material response to loading, damage initiation and propagation, component performance, life, and failure.

The Co-Located Event of the Fall