External Field-Assisted Welding and Advanced Processing of Lightweight Metallurgical Structures
A Special Issue of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (ISSN 2504-4494).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 543
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Interests: resistance welding; gas metal arc welding; quality control; online monitoring; microstructure
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Interests: laser material processing; advanced welding technologies; additive manufacturing; micro-manufacturing; application of finite element method in manufacturing processes; decision engineering
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Interests: ultrasonic-assisted manufacturing; ultrasonic welding; surface engineering; advanced manufacturing; thin-walled structures; materials processing; robotics and automation; additive manufacturing; mechanical engineering; intelligent manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The structural integration of heterogeneous lightweight materials—specifically, the combination of high-strength aluminium and titanium alloys with advanced steels—is a vital technological frontier for the modern aerospace, automotive, and defence industries. However, conventional fusion, solid-state and friction welding methods often encounter significant metallurgical challenges, including excessive macroscopic thermal distortion, micro-cracking, elemental segregation, and the uncontrolled growth of brittle interfacial intermetallic compounds (IMCs).
To overcome these limitations, the strategic application of external physical energy fields, such as ultrasonic vibration, magnetic fields, localised electromagnetic or resistance heating, and hybrid laser or electron beam configurations, has emerged as a revolutionary manufacturing approach. These external field overlays introduce unique multi-physical phenomena such as acoustic cavitation, acoustic streaming, electromagnetic stirring and localised energy consolidation. They modify interfacial pool dynamics and material flow rheology forcefully, shatter resilient refractory surface oxides, accelerate atomic diffusion kinetics, and refine grain matrices. This occurs under minimal macroscopic thermal and structural loading profiles across diverse fusion and solid-state joining processes.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect high-quality original research articles, rapid communications and comprehensive review papers that focus on fundamental breakthroughs and industrial applications in the areas of external field-assisted welding, brazing, solid-state diffusion bonding, friction stir processing, and advanced hybrid joining techniques. We particularly welcome contributions that bridge the gaps between experimental multi-field validation, advanced microstructural characterisation (EBSD and TEM), in situ process sensing (acoustic, optical and electrical waveforms) and numerical/analytical multi-physics modelling.
Dr. Dawei Zhao
Dr. Fábio Fernandes
Dr. Bappa Acherjee
Guest Editors
Dr. Hovhannes Chibukhchyan
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- field-assisted welding and joining technologies
- ultrasonic-assisted fusion and solid-state joining
- electromagnetic and magnetic field-stirred welding
- laser, electron beam and hybrid field processing
- microstructural refinement and crystallographic orientation (EBSD)
- suppression mechanisms of brittle intermetallic compounds (IMCs)
- advanced resistance welding and localised thermal control
- in situ process sensing and dynamic waveform diagnostics
- numerical modelling of multi-physical coupled fields
- lightweight, thin-walled structural components
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