From conventional welding techniques to electron or laser beam, this book provides a comprehensive overview about processes, metallurgy, quality assessment, testing, and numerical simulation in welded structures.
Preface; Welding Metallurgy of Stainless Steels; A Processing Chart for Laser Beam Welding of AA6013-T6 Aerospace Aluminium Alloys; Electron Beam Welding: Current Trends and Future Scopes; Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels for Automotive Applications; Weldability of Metal Foams Using Different Processes: A Review; Friction Stir Processing and Welding Technologies; Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium Alloys: Similar and Dissimilar Materials; Dissimilar Welding of Aluminium to Magnesium Alloys: Issues and Current Progress; Hybrid Metal Extrusion and Bonding; Characterization of the Microstructure of Refill Friction Stir Spot Welded Aluminium Alloy Joints; Fundamentals of Thermo-Fluid-Mechanical Modelling in Welding Processes; Role of Numerical Simulations in Weld Analysis; Control of Residual Stress and Mitigation Approaches of Laser Welding-Computational Modeling and Experimental Validations; Computational Modelling of T-Joint Fillet Welding; Recent Advances in Controlling, Monitoring and Optimization of the Friction Stir Welding Process; Quality Assurance of Welded Construction of Industrial Boilers; Quality Assessment in the Manufacture of a Pressure Piping by Welding; Index.