Really i am generally looking into the "effect of residual stress on structural integrity", haven done the literature review and all, i was looking to back it up with a little not too complicated computer simulation to show this effects through ANSYS ...hope that explains it better.
According to my knowledge i guess adding a load in the opposite direction cancels out the initial load in the other direction (note that this load to be added has to be of the same magnitude). And knowing from the definition of residual stress that it a stress or deformation caused after the...