Indicative contents

• Fusion Welding Processes
  Introduction, Oxyfuel Gas Welding, Arc-Wedling Processes: Consumable Electrode, Electrodes, Arc-Welding Processes:Nonconsumable Electrode, Thermit Welding, Electron-Beam Welding, Laser-Beam Welding, Cutting, Welding Safety.
  
• Solid-State Welding Processes
  Introduction, Cold Welding, Ultrasonic Welding, Friction Welding, Resistance Welding, Explosion Welding, Diffusion Bonding, Diffusion Bonding/Superplastic Forming.
  
• The Metallurgy of Welding
  Welding Design and Process Selection
  Introduction, The Welded Joint, Weld Quality, Weldability, Testing Welded Joints, Weld Design and Process Selection.
  
• Brazing, Soldering, Adhesive Bonding, and Mechanical Fastening Processes
  Introduction, Brazing, Soldering, Adhesive Bonding, Mechanical Fastening, Joining Plastics.
  
• Manufacturing Concerns in Welding and Joining
  Introduction, Types of Fusion Welds and Types of Joints, Design Considerations, Heat Effects, Wedability or Joinability
  

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. American Society of Metals, Source Book on Electron Beam and Laser Beam Welding, 1987.
     
  2. American Society of Metals, Metals Hand Book, 9th Edition, Vol. V, 1989.
     
  3. American Society of Welding, Hand Book of Welding, Vol. I to V.
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• Magazines
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• Laboratory