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Residual Stress Measurements of Retrofitted Tank Car Weldments

A series of residual stress measurements were made on two tank cars that were retrofitted with stiffener beams. The measurements were made on the tank shell exterior in the vicinity of fillet skip welds, which were used to attach the stiffener beams to the tank structure. One of the cars had been...