Numerical Simulation of Metals Welding Process (Volume II)

Dear Colleagues,

Welding processes are technologies that have been with us for a long time and are constantly developing. Modern construction materials and joining technologies, as well as rigid requirements for finished products, pose new challenges for engineers in their designs. A huge number of factors influencing the course and result of the welding process and a wide range of basic and additional materials, as well as the number of available welding technologies, open great opportunities for us. However, it also means that in order to control their interrelationships, we have to reach for modern supporting tools, such as undoubted numerical analyses of welding and heat treatment processes. Modern software today gives engineers the opportunity to learn more about the mechanisms occurring in modern materials subjected to the impact of the welding thermal cycle, supporting the design of modern, economical and, above all, safe welded structures. I invite you to send scientifically valuable articles for this Special Issue entitled "Numerical Simulation of Metals Welding Processes". Its scope is very wide and covers all issues of computer-aided use, in particular numerical analyses, in the design and diagnostics of welded elements and structures. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present the latest developments in the field of numerical simulations of welding, so articles should concern the issues of the numerical analyses of welding and heat treatment processes, as well as their use in the design and diagnosis of welded structures. Studies on the influence of the welding heat cycle on the properties, structure, stresses and distortions distribution of welded joints, supported by computational methods, are also welcome.

Dr. Tomasz Kik
Dr. Mato Perić
Guest Editors

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• Finite Element Method (FEM)
• numerical simulations
• arc/plasma/laser welding and cladding
• welding and heat treatment
• stresses and distortions of welded joints
• metallurgical phases transformations
• welding of high-strength steels
• welding non-ferrous metals
• weld quality assessment
• fatigue of welded joints