Research on measurement of residual stresses of hemispherical lithium hydride by blind-hole method

•The residual stresses of sintered and machined lithium hydride of SR40 hyper-hemispherical and SR30 inner hemispherical sample were measured by blind-hole method.•The nearly 45 degrees direction residual stresses of SR40 hyper-hemisphere and SR30 inner hemisphere are the greatest stresses on spherical surface of lithium hydride samples.•The radial residual stress σr of SR40 hyper-hemispherical and SR30 inner hemispherical sample is compressive stress and the circumferential residual stress σt is tensile stress.

The released strains of sintered and machined lithium hydride of SR40 hyper-hemispherical and SR30 inner hemispherical sample could be shown in the measuring process by blind-hole method. The residual stresses of lithium hydride sample were calculated with the formulas of residual stress and released strains. The results show that the nearly 45 degrees direction residual stresses of SR40 hyper-hemisphere and SR30 inner hemisphere are the greatest stresses on spherical surface of lithium hydride samples. The radial residual stress σr of SR40 hyper-hemispherical and SR30 inner hemispherical sample is compressive stress and the circumferential residual stress σt is tensile stress.