Advanced Welding Processes

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Description:

Introduction to advanced welding processes; microjoining and nanojoining, wire bonding; fundamentals and types of laser welding including hybrid processes, Laser properties; Stud welding and mechanical fasteners; Magnetically impelled arc welding; advanced gas tungsten arc welding; flux cored arc welding; electron beam welding; pressure welding; ultrasonic welding; explosive welding; diffusion bonding; friction stir welding; electromagnetic pulse welding; high velocity projectile impact welding; fundamentals of welding automation, welding sensors and data acquisition; welding process modeling and optimization; computational welding mechanics for thermo mechanical and microstructural phenomenon; principles of robotic welding; weld distortion and defects - causes and remedies; residual stresses; inspection and testing of weldments.

Textbooks/References:

[1] American Welding Society, Welding Handbook - Welding Processes Part 2, Vol. 3, AWS, 2004.

[2] Y. N. Zhou, Microjoining and Nanojoining , Woodhead publishing, 2008.

[3] W Steen, Laser Material Processing, Springer-Verlag, 1991.

[4] ASM International Handbook Committee, Welding, Brazing and Soldering, ASM handbook, Vol 6, 1993.

[5] L. Liu, Welding and Joining of Magnesium Alloys, Woodhead Publishing, 2010.

[6] J. Norrish, Advanced welding Processes, Woodhead publishing, 2006.

[7] L. E Lindgren, Computational welding mechanics, Woodhead Publishing Limited 2007.

[8] J. A. Goldak, Computational welding mechanics, Springer, 2005