PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Menda, František AU - Trebuňa, František AU - Šarga, Patrik TI - New Method of Residual Stress Evaluation and its Advantages in Comparison with More Common Hole-drilling Method DP - 2013 Oct 31 TA - Acta Mechanica Slovaca PG - 64--70 VI - 17 IP - 4 AID - 10.21496/ams.2013.048 IS - 13352393 AB - Residual stress evaluation in constructions and mechanical parts is a necessary task in every modern industrial factory. Right evaluated changes in lifetime and loading conditions could save amount of money and increase the human safety. The Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics has a long tradition in developing and practical usage of semi-destructive methods for determining residual stresses. Especially by using hole-drilling method and recently also Ring-Core method. Main characteristics and comparison of both methods with emphasis on Ring-Core analysis are discussed in this article.