In recent years, nonlinear d vs sin 2 ~O distributions have been observed in stressed materials which cannot be explained by the classical fundamentals of X-ray stress measurement, d is the interplanar spacing measured and ~ is the angle between the surface normal of the sample and the measuring direction. This paper reviews treatments for these nonlinear distributions, including stress gradients, shear stresses and anisotropic X-ray elastic constants. Methods for the evaluation of stresses are reported, and recommendations are given for the practical application of X-ray stress measurement.an understanding of these new experimental results, particularly for textured materials and for materials deformed by large stresses tangent to the surface. From the theory of isotropic elasticity, with do as the lattice parameter of the unstressed material (Macherauch & Mfiller, 1961; Barrett & Massalski, 1966), (d,pq,-do)/do=½s2(hkl)[al cos 2 q) -+-t7 2 sin 2 tp] sin 2 +sl(hkI) [crl +a2], (1) with the principal stresses al and o 2 and the X-ray elastic constants (REC)
½s2(hkl)=[(1 + v)/E]hk~; sl(hkI)=(-v/E) TM. (2a, b)