Advanced Joining Technologies

Chapter 1. Underwater Explosive Welding of Tin and Nickel Plates and characterization of their interfaces. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2. Principle of underwater explosive welding. 1.3. Design considerations for experimentation of underwater explosive welding. 1.4. Methodology adopted to weld and characterize the metal plates. 1.5. Discussion on welded plates and their characterization. 1.6. Conclusion. References. Chapter 2. Advances in Gas Tungsten and Gas Metal Arc Welding â" A concise Review. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Advancements in Gas tungsten arc welding. 2.3. Advancements in Gas Metal Arc Welding. 2.4. DPGMAW. 2.5. High frequency pulsed gas metal arc welding. 2.6. Ultra high frequency pulse Metal-Inert Gas Welding (UFP-MIG). 2.7. Double-electrode gas metal arc welding (DE-GMAW). 2.8. Conclusion. References. Chapter 3. Welding of AISI 304 steel using TIG and Pulse TIG: Weld deposition and relative joint strength comparisons. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Materials and Methods. 3.3. Results & Discussion. 3.4. Conclusion. References. Chapter 4. Processing of bimetallic steel â" copper joint by beam welding. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Laser beam Welding of SS-copper. 4.3. Electron beam welding of steel-copper. 4.4. Conclusion. References. Chapter 5. Studies on Cold Metal Transfer Welding of Aluminium 5083 Alloy to Pure Titanium. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2 Experimental Methodology. 5.3. Results and Discussion. 5.4. Conclusion. References. Chapter 6. Diffusion bonding for dissimilar metals and alloys. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Diffusion mechanisms. 6.3 Process variables. 6.4 Challenges in joining dissimilar metals by diffusion bonding. 6.5 Approaches used to improve the effectiveness in dissimilar metal bonding. 6.6 Conclusion. References. Chapter 7. Friction stir welding â" a solution for dissimilar material joining. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Major Parameters. 7.3. FSW of dissimilar materials. 7.4. Major issues. 7.5. Future scope. 7.6. Summary. References. Chapter 8. Joining of metallic materials using Microwave Hybrid Heating. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Fundamentals of microwave theory. 8.3. Heating mechanisms in microwave processing. 8.4. Modes of heating. Microwave Joining. 8.5 Microwave Joining. 8.6. Recent advances in microwave processing of metallic materials. 8.7. Summary. 8.8. Future scope of microwave processing. References. Chapter 9. Hybrid Welding Technologies. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. Power source hybridisation. 9.3. Material hybridisation. 9.4. Summary. References. Chapter 10. Clinching: A Deformation-Based Advanced Joining Technique. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Variants of Clinching. 10.3. Clinching-based hybrid joining. 10.4. Factors affecting clinched joint formation. 10.5. Mechanical and Metallurgical Characteristics of Clinched Joint. 10.6. Failure modes of clinched joint. 10.7. Numerical modeling of the clinching technique. 10.8. Conclusion and Future Scope. References. Chapter 11. Systematic Study of Digital Twins for Welding Processes. 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Literature Review. 11.3 Digital Twin in Welding. 11.4 Conclusion. References. Chapter 12. Application of machine learning techniques for Fault Detection in Friction Stir based Advanced Joining Techniques. 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Artificial Intelligence in FSW and FSP. 12.3 Fault detection approach in FSW or FSP using artificial intelligence. 12.4 Summary. References. Chapter 13. Friction Stir Welding Characteristics of Dissimilar / Similar Ti-6Al-4V Based Alloy and Its Machine Learning Techniques. 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Friction Stir Welding. 13.3 Conventional Optimization Techniques. 13.4 Machine Learning. 13.5 Advantages of Machine Learning in FSW. 13.6 Conclusion. References.