-Thispaperadoptsapproximateformulasforresidualstressescausedbycoldbendingforplateswithstress-straincurveforma=Kn.Atypicaldistributionofthelongitudinalresidualstressduetoweldingisalsoassumed.Theeffectsofresidualstressduetocoldbendingandweldingonplasticbucklingofaxiallycompressedcylindricalshellsarestudiedbythefiniteelementmethod.