Similar and Dissimilar Materials Joining: Numerical Modelling and Joints Characterisation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 4
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Interests: manufacturing engineering; advanced welding technologies; welding of similar and dissimilar metals; characterisation of welded joints; modelling and simulation of welding
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Dear Colleagues,
Joining, such as welding, brazing, soldering, or adhesive bonding of similar or dissimilar materials, is a manufacturing method that is applied to produce a permanent joint between the parts to be assembled together. In addition, additive manufacturing, as an economical and sustainable solution, is an advanced joining process with unlimited industrial applicability that can be employed for creating complex 3D objects with precise geometric shapes by depositing material, layer-by-layer, in controlled patterns or paths.
In order to carry out quality joints, the process parameters must be optimised so that the structures are able to withstand dynamic loads, specific to various industrial applications from automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, infrastructure, nuclear, military, and defence industries. One of the most powerful tools useful to predict the temperature distribution, level of stress, and deformation that will further determine the properties of similar and dissimilar material joints is numerical modelling.
Researchers worldwide are invited to contribute to this Special Issue, which aims to disseminate, on a large scale, the recent developments in numerical modelling of similar and dissimilar materials joining. Additionally, it is expected to widely share the recent research results in terms of metallurgical compatibility of materials, behaviour of materials subjected to conventional or advanced joining process, and mechanical and metallurgical characterisation of joints. Experimental studies and simulations covering the intercorrelation and optimisation of joining process parameters, modifications of microstructure, chemical composition, and properties, such as strength, toughness, hardness, and resistance to corrosion and wear, are highly encouraged and welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Elena Scutelnicu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- similar and dissimilar materials joining
- numerical modeling of similar and dissimilar materials joining
- metallurgical characterisation of similar and dissimilar materials joints
- mechanical characterisation of similar and dissimilar materials joints
- industrial applications
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