Our Work

A sample of case studies and technical publications authored by the Hill Engineering team are listed below.

Case Studies

Case Study

Residual Stress Field Team

Case Study

TrueSlot® – near surface residual stress measurement

Case Study

ExpressRS® – expedited residual stress results

Case Study

Strain Gaging Services

Case Study

Residual Stress

Case Study

DART – automated residual stress measurement

Case Study

Mechanical stress relief of aluminum alloys

Case Study

Rapid Forge Design

Case Study

Aluminum forging quench modeling

Case Study

Machining distortion modeling with multi-step models including residual stress

Case Study

BAMpF®

Case Study

Case Study: Cold hole expansion process modeling

Case Study

Machining distortion modeling

Case Study

3D Scanning

Case Study

Mapping multiple residual stress components with PSR biaxial mapping

Case Study

Contour method repeatability

Case Study

Extending Life of Fighter Airframes

Case Study

Forging Residual Stress

Case Study

Development of the Contour Method

Technical Publications




Near Edge Residual Stress Measurement Using Incremental Hole Drilling

Measurement-driven, model-based estimation of residual stress and its effect on fatigue crack growth. Part 2: fatigue crack growth testing and modeling

Measurement-driven, model-based estimation of residual stress and its effects on fatigue crack growth. Part 1: validation of an eigenstrain model

Near Surface Residual Stress Measurement Using Slotting

Measurement Layout for Residual Stress Mapping Using Slitting

Precision of Hole-Drilling Residual Stress Depth Profile Measurements and an Updated Uncertainty Estimator

An Uncertainty Estimator for Slitting Method Residual Stress Measurements Including the Influence of Regularization

Validation of a Contour Method Single-Measurement Uncertainty Estimator

Repeatability of Contour Method Residual Stress Measurements for a Range of Materials, Processes, and Geometries

PSR Biaxial Residual Stress Mapping Validation

The Contour Method (book chapter)

The Slitting Method (book chapter)


The effects of laser peening and shot peening on high cycle fatigue in 7050-T7451 aluminum alloy


Correlation of one-dimensional fatigue crack growth at cold-expanded holes using linear fracture mechanics and superposition



The Impact of Forging Residual Stress on Fatigue in Aluminum

Repeatability of residual stress measurements


Residual Stress Mapping with Multiple Slitting Measurements

Forensic Determination of Residual Stresses from Fracture Surfaces