Besides several other parameters, residual stresses exert substantial
influence on material behaviour. Measurements of residual stresses are rather
expensive to carry out and are also affected by many error sources. For these
reasons, of particular interest is the completion of these measurements
by simulations and, maybe later, by substitution. This article explains in
short the different residual stress measuring methods with their advantages
and disadvantages. Moreover, the measuring results of a residual stress test,
taken at a welded plate, will be compared to the results of FEM residual
stress analysis.