Welding
Welding
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Welding Metallurgy: Welding as compared with other fabrication processes, Classification of welding
processes; Heat affected zone and its characteristics; Effects of alloying elements on weldability,
Weldability of steels, stainless steel, cast iron, and aluminum and titanium alloys, Weld testing
standards, Hydrogen embrittlement, Lammellar tearing, residual stresses and its measurement, heat
transfer and solidification, Analysis of stresses in welded structures, Pre and post welding heat
treatments, Metallurgical aspects of joining, Conditions of soldering, Brazing and welding of materials.
Weld Design & Quality Control: Principles of sound weld design, Welding joint design, Welding
defects; Testing of weldament, Material joining characteristics, Welding positions, Allowable strength
of welds under steady loads, Weld throat thickness; Weld quality, Discontinuities in welds, their causes
and remedies and quality conflicts.
Modern Trends in Welding: Friction welding, Explosive welding, Diffusion bonding, High frequency
induction welding, Ultrasonic welding, Electron beam welding, Plasma arc welding, Laser welding.
Robotics in Welding: Robot design and applications in welding, Programming of welding robots,
tolerances for
assemblies for robot welding, New generation of welding robots, Self alignment by current arc variation,
Robots for car body welding, Microelectronic welding and soldering, Efficiency of robotics in welding.
Books:
1. Advanced Welding Processes Nikodaco & Shansky MIR Publications
2. Welding Technology and Design VM Radhakrishnan New Age International
3. Source Book of Innovative welding Processes M.M. Schwariz Americal Society of Metals (Ohio)
4. Advanced Welding Systems, Vol. I, II, III J. Cornu Jaico Publishers
5. Manufacturing Technology (Foundry, Forming and Welding) P.N. Rao Tata McGraw Hill
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