Chapter 4 of Practical Residual Stress Measurement Methods.
The slitting method is a technique for measuring through thickness residual stress normal to a plane cut through a part. It involves cutting a slit (i.e., a thin slot) in increments of depth through the thickness of the work piece and measuring the resulting deformations as a function of slit depth. Residual stress as a function of through thickness position is determined by solving an inverse problem using measured deformations. The chapter describes practical measurement procedures, provides a number of example applications, and summarizes efforts to determine the quality of the residual stress information obtained with the method.