Metallurgy and Mechanics of Welding by Blondeau, Regis -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Preface: Welding: The Permanent Bond Between Two Solid Bodies Chapter 1: Traditional Welding Processes

1.1. Introduction 1.2. Conditions to create metallic bonding 1.3. Industrial welding processes 1.4. Bibliography

Chapter 2: High Density Energy Beam Welding Processes: Electron Beam and Laser Beam

2.1. Welding properties using high density energy beams 2.2. Laser beam welding 2.3. Electron beam welding 2.4. Metallurgy of high density energy beam welding 2.5. Mechanical properties of welded joints 2.6. The quality of the assemblies 2.7. Economic aspects 2.8. Safety [HEE 00] 2.9. Examples of industrial applications 2.10. Development prospects 2.11. Bibliography

Chapter 3: Thermal, Metallurgical and Mechanical Phenomena in the Heat Affected Zone

Chapter 4: Molten Metal

4.1. Metallurgical reminders 4.2. Molten metal 4.3. Principal welding defects 4.4. Bibliography

Chapter 5: Welding Products

5.1. Coated electrodes 5.2. Fluxes for submerged arc welding 5.3. Welding gases 5.4. Cored wires 5.5. Choice of welding products 5.6. Welding products and the welder’s environment 5.7. Bibliography

Chapter 6: Fatigue Strength of Welded Joints

6.1. Fatigue strength 6.2. Dimensioning of joints in mechanized welding 6.3. Bibliography

Chapter 7: Fracture Toughness of Welded Joints

Chapter 8: Welding of Steel Sheets, With and Without Surface Treatments

8.1. Spot welding 8.2. Seam welding 8.3. Laser welding of thin sheets 8.4. Arc welding 8.5. Bibliography

Chapter 9: Welding of Steel Mechanical Components

9.1. Introduction 9.2. Specificities of welded bonds in mechanical components 9.3. Principal types of welding for mechanical components 9.4. Specifications and quality control of the weldings for these components 9.5. Developments and trends 9.6. Conclusions 9.7. Bibliography

Chapter 10: Welding Steel Structures

10.1. Introduction 10.2. Steels for steel structures 10.3. Steel construction welding processes and techniques 10.4. Welding distortion 10.5. Defects and their prevention 10.6. Specificities of non-destructive testing of steel structures 10.7. Developmental perspectives

Chapter 11: Welding Heavy Components in the Nuclear Industry

11.1. General presentation of a PWR pressure vessel 11.2. Main materials used for manufacturing 11.3. Welding of large low alloy steel components 11.4. Cladding 11.5. Welding of stainless steel circuits 11.6. Dissimilar metal interfaces 11.7. Welding of steam generator pipes 11.8. Conclusions

Chapter 12: Welding Stainless Steels

12.1. Definitions 12.2. Principal stainless steel families 12.3. Metallurgical structures 12.4. Constitution diagrams 12.5. Welding ferritic stainless steels 12.6. Welding of martensitic stainless steels 12.7. Welding of austenitic stainless steels 12.8. The welding of austeno-ferritic stainless steels (duplex) 12.9. Heterogenous welding 12.10. Finishing of welds 12.11. Glossary 12.12. Bibliography

Chapter 13: Welding Aluminum Alloys

13.1. Metallurgy of welding 13.2. Welding techniques 13.3. Preparation and use of semi-finished aluminum welding products 13.4. Deformations 13.5. Dimensioning of the welded structures 13.6. Welding defects 13.7. Health and safety 13.8. Bibliography

Chapter 14: Standardization: Organization and Quality Control in Welding

14.1. Introduction 14.2. Standards of general organization of quality 14.3. Standards for welding procedure qualification 14.4. Non-destructive testing standards 14.5. Conclusion

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