Table of Contents

Preface; Design of High Brightness Welding Electron Guns & Characterization of Intense Electron Beam Quality; Process Parameter Optimization & Quality Improvement at Electron Beam Welding; Automation in Determining the Optimal Parameters for TIG Welding of Shells; Friction Stir Welding: Flow Behaviour & Material Interactions of Two Similar & Two Dissimilar Metals & their Weldment Properties; Plastic Limit Load Solutions for Highly Undermatched Welded Joints; Fracture & Fatigue Assessment of Welded Structures; Laser Transmission Welding: A Novel Technique in Plastic Joining; Effect of In Situ Reaction on the Property of Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Welding SiCp/A356; Residual Stress Evolution in Welded Joints Subject to Four-Point Bending Fatigue Load; Index.