Advances in Arc-Based Welding and Additive Manufacturing

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is dedicated to scientific advances in welding technology and arc-based additive manufacturing.

Welding continues to be one of the most widely used joining processes in industrial applications. The need to be able to process ever more complex materials reliably and to ensure adequate joining properties is being driven forward in particular by lightweight construction and energy efficiency aspects. Today, additive manufacturing complements the current focus in the area of research and industrial application of arc-based welding processes. In addition to process engineering and geometric aspects, material properties are increasingly the focus of research for both sub-areas.

This Special issue aims to present current research in the field of arc-based welding processes and thus to contribute to the transfer of scientific knowledge into application.

Possible topics include the following:

• Focus: Arc welding processes;
• Process monitoring and control:
  • Monitoring of temperature;
  • Monitoring of geometry;
  • Indirect monitoring;
• Planning of generation paths in additive manufacturing;
• Microstructure of welded joints and additively manufactured materials;
• Mixed joints;
• Multi-material systems and design for metal additive manufacturing;
• Properties of welds and additive manufactured materials:
  • Quasi-static;
  • Fatigue;
  • Crash;
  • Wear;
• Heat treatment;
• Corrosion phenomena;
• Cracking phenomena;
• Welding residual stresses;
• Productivity enhancement;
• Modeling of the welding process;
• Weldability modeling;
• Modeling of phase transformation;
• Modeling of heat transfer.

Papers must focus on metal applications and research.

Prof. Dr. Volker Wesling
Dr. Kai Treutler
Guest Editors

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• welding
• metals
• arc-based additive manufacturing