The residual stresses and distortions resulting from the brazing process have a strong influence on failure of the components under mechanical loading in service. X-ray and neutron stress analysis as well as numerical simulations were undertaken in order to better understand the formation of residual stresses in brazed joints of cemented carbide and steel bodies of different steel types. The influence of the dimension of the joint and the phase transformation behaviour of the steel component on the development of the residual stresses and distortions were investigated. A cylindrical geometry was chosen to avoid excessively long runtimes of the FEM simulations. Detailed results will. be presented for joints with AISI 1045 (German Grade Ck45) steel bodies.