Advanced Welding Technology and Its Applications

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, entitled "Advanced Welding Technology and Its Applications", highlights the latest advances in various welding processes across the field, including solid-state welding, electron beam welding, laser welding, magnetic arc welding, the ultrasonic welding process, thermal spraying, and experimental processes. Advanced welding technology are fundamental in advanced engineering materials to expand their applications. Moreover, they provide extraordinary benefits such as component cost reduction, increased productivity, and unique joint properties. This Special Issue will provide an overview of various welding processes used to join light alloys, new composites, heavy tungsten alloys and ceramics. The influence of various process parameters, structural morphology and changes in mechanical properties will be important issues discussed in the publications. The Special Issue will include current problems related to joining materials using advanced techniques, as well as innovative solutions in direct industrial applications.

The main topics covered by the Issue include:

• Technologies for welding dissimilar and difficult-to-weld materials;
• The latest research on solid-state welding processes (e.g., friction stir welding);
• Structure and mechanical properties of welded joints;
• Characterization of innovative materials to produce welding joints;
• Process optimization in experimental and simulation terms;
• Finite-element analysis of thermo-mechanical processes.

Dr. Radoslaw Winiczenko
Guest Editor

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• solid-state welding
• laser welding
• fusion welding
• arc welding
• dissimilar materials
• mechanical properties
• microstructure
• FEA
• optimization