Effect of Alloying Composition on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ultranarrow Gap Welded Joints of U71Mn Rail Steel by Lian Gong, Hui Liu, Cheng Lv, Lijun Zhao

“…A new welding method, ultranarrow gap welding with constrained arc by flux band, is proposed to compensate for the low quality of rail thermite welded joints. …”
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Investigation of Friction Stir-Welded B4C Particles-Reinforced Copper Joint: Mechanical, Fatigue, and Metallurgical Properties by M. Vetrivel Sezhian, G. Chakravarthi, K. Giridharan, Balasubramaniam Stalin, B. Yokesh Kumar, P. Sureshkumar, J. Vairamuthu, Ramaswamy Krishnaraj

“…Solid-state friction stir welding (FSW) is a sophisticated technique that can join materials that are similar and different without significantly affecting the properties of the base materials. …”
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Effect of Beam Power on Intermetallic Compound Formation of Electron Beam-Welded Cu and Al6082-T6 Dissimilar Joints by Darina Kaisheva, Georgi Kotlarski, Maria Ormanova, Borislav Stoyanov, Vladimir Dunchev, Angel Anchev, Stefan Valkov

Subjects: “…electron beam welding…”
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Very High Cycle Fatigue Crack Initiation Mechanism in Nugget Zone of AA 7075 Friction Stir Welded Joint by Chao He, Kazuhiro Kitamura, Kun Yang, Yong-jie Liu, Qing-yuan Wang, Qiang Chen

“…Fatigue cracks initiated from the welding defects located at the bottom side of the friction stir weld. …”
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Prediction of Crack Propagation Directions in Dissimilar Metal-Welded Joints Using Phase-Field Models and Discussion of Its Mechanisms by Lingyan Zhao, Bin Yang, Zheng Wang

“…Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in dissimilar metal-welded joints (DMWJs) poses a significant threat to the safe operation of nuclear power plants. …”
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Predicting Welding Distortion in a Panel Structure with Longitudinal Stiffeners Using Inherent Deformations Obtained by Inverse Analysis Method by Wei Liang, Hidekazu Murakawa

“…Welding-induced deformation not only negatively affects dimension accuracy but also degrades the performance of product. …”
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Wear Inducing Phase Transformation of Plasma Transfer Arc Coated Tools during Friction Stir Welding with Al Alloy by Kuan-Jen Chen, Fei-Yi Hung, Truan-Sheng Lui, Yong-Ren Shih

“…The friction stir welding process (friction stir welding/processing, FSW/FSP) has wear problems related to stirring tools. …”
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Spatial mapping of the localized corrosion behavior of a magnesium alloy AZ31B tungsten inert gas weld by Leslie G. (Bland) Miller, Corey M. Efaw, Rebecca F. Schaller, Kari Higginbotham, Steve D. Johns, Paul H. Davis, Elton Graugnard, John R. Scully, Michael F. Hurley

“…Sections of a magnesium alloy, AZ31B, joined with tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, were examined with scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM) to investigate corrosion mechanisms by correlating observed corrosion behavior with weld-affected microstructural variations. …”
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A CRITIC-BPNN APPROACH TO FRICTION STIR WELDING PARAMETRIC SELECTION AND PREDICTION USING AA6082-T6 MATERIAL by Mufutau Adeniyi Abolarin, Adeyinka Oluwo, John Rajan, Swaminathan Jose, Sunday Ayoola Oke |, Alexander Iwodi Agada, Ayomide Sunday Ibitoye

“…The uncontrolled friction stir welding heat generation impacts the quality of welds. …”
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Weld Inspection Based on Radiography Image Segmentation with Level Set Active Contour Guided Off-Center Saliency Map by Mohamed Ben Gharsallah, Ezzeddine Ben Braiek

“…Radiography is one of the most used techniques in weld defect inspection. Weld defect detection becomes a complex task when uneven illumination and low contrast characterize radiographic images. …”
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Study of Fluid Flow Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Aviation Fuel-Welded Pipelines via the Fluid–Solid Coupling Method by Changhong Guo, Mengran Di, Hanwen Gong, Jin Zhang, Shibo Sun, Kehua Ye, Bin Li, Lingxiao Quan

Subjects: “…coherently welded fuel lines…”
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Refined Analysis of Fatigue Crack Initiation Life of Beam-to-Column Welded Connections of Steel Frame under Strong Earthquake by Weilian Qu, Ernian Zhao, Qiang Zhou

“…This paper presents a refined analysis for evaluating low-cycle fatigue crack initiation life of welded beam-to-column connections of steel frame structures under strong earthquake excitation. …”
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The effect of shielding gas composition on the toughness and crack growth parameters of AlMg4,5Mn weld metals by Prokić-Cvetković R., Kastelec-Macura S., Milosavljević A., Popović O., Burzić M.

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Mechanical Behaviors of Friction Stir Spot Welded Joints of Dissimilar Ferrous Alloys under Opening-Dominant Combined Loads by Md. Abu Mowazzem Hossain, Md. Tariqul Hasan, Sung-Tae Hong, Michael Miles, Hoon-Hwe Cho, Heung Nam Han

“…Mechanical properties and failure behaviors of friction stir spot welded (FSSW) joints of two dissimilar ferrous alloys, cold-rolled carbon steel (SPCC) and 409L stainless steel (SUS 409L), are investigated under opening-dominant combined loads. …”
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Mechanical Properties of High-Nb X80 Steel Weld Pipes for the Second West-to-East Gas Transmission Pipeline Project by Gui-ying Qiao, Xiao-wei Chen, Zhi-en Zhang, Xiu-lin Han, Xu Wang, Bo Liao, Fu-ren Xiao

“…Furthermore, the effects of chemical composition of the steels on the mechanical properties of the pipe body and weld joint were discussed.…”
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Effect of Traverse Speed on the Defect Characteristic, Microstructure, and Mechanical Property of Friction Stir Welded T-Joints of Dissimilar Mg/Al Alloy by Sun Tao, Wu Siyu, Yifu Shen, Jin Jiayi, Lu Jiazhu, Qin Tianxiang

“…The AZ31 B/2024-T4 T-lap-joint was successfully fabricated by friction stir welding (FSW) with different welding parameters. The defect characteristics and metallurgical structure were observed and analyzed using optical microscope (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Surface properties of friction stir welded dissimilar joints of AA7075 and Mg-WE43 alloys: Effect of positional arrangement by Tariq Ahmad, Nadeem Fayaz Lone, Noor Zaman Khan, Babar Ahmad, Arshad Noor Siddiquee, Daolun Chen

“…The current work thus enhances the practical applicability of AA7075/Mg-WE43 welds for lightweighting of automotive structures.…”
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Potentiodynamic Corrosion Behavior and Microstructural Characteristics of Pulsed CMT-Welded AA2014-T6 Aluminium Alloy Joints: Effect of PWHT by A. Padma Rao, Manzoor Hadi, C. Rajendran, Sonar Tushar, Mikhail Ivanov, P. Senthil Kumar, V. Murali Krishna

“…This alloy is joined by a pulsed cold metal transfer (PCMT) arc welding process to overcome the high heat input related problems in gas metal arc welding (GMAW) such as a coarser dendritic structure in the fusion zone (FZ), wider heat affected zone (HAZ), solidification and HAZ liquation cracking, softening in HAZ, and poor corrosion resistance of welded joints in salt environment. …”
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Laser Ultrasonic System for Surface Crack Visualization in Dissimilar Welds of Control Rod Drive Mechanism Assembly of Nuclear Power Plant by Yun-Shil Choi, Hyomi Jeong, Jung-Ryul Lee

“…In this paper, we propose a J-groove dissimilar weld crack visualization system based on ultrasonic propagation imaging (UPI) technology. …”
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Prediction of Fatigue Life of Welded Joints Made of Fine-Grained Martensite-Bainitic S960QL Steel and Determination of Crack Origins by Tomasz Ślęzak

“…Furthermore, the predicted fatigue life of studied steel without welds shows great comparability with experimental data. …”
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