Welding Technologies for Materials: Simulation, Performance, and Quality Control
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: welding process modeling; quality control; welded structures design; plasma welding technologies
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Interests: welding numerical simulation; X-ray diffraction; blind hole drilling; welding residual stress; submodeling; fatigue; fracture mechanics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern production technologies combine many fields of knowledge and practice. We observe dynamic development not only in modern construction materials but also in the techniques of their production, processing, and the manufacture of equipment and machines that use them. This presents new challenges in terms of technological development as well as specialized research. The advancement of materials and technologies has long required a new approach to these problems. The complexity of material and technological issues forces today's engineer to seek new tools that support their work in a reliable and efficient way. Therefore, it is important to further research and develop such areas of science as numerical simulations of manufacturing processes, material, strength, and operational tests (also supported by numerical simulations), and destructive and non-destructive tests. The latter are especially valuable because they provide not only the results for the tested solutions but also data for calibration and validation of numerical models.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to present the latest developments in the field of numerical simulations of welding and destructive and non-destructive testing techniques, as well as other tools for assessing the quality of both joints and entire welded structures. Therefore, we welcome articles on the numerical analysis of welding and heat treatment processes, as well as research on the impact of the welding heat cycle on the properties, structure, and distribution of stresses and deformations in welded joints. Studies on testing the properties and quality of welded joints will also be of considerable value.
Dr. Tomasz Kik
Dr. Mato Perić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- FEM
- numerical simulations
- stresses
- distortions
- fatigue of weld joints
- NDT
- weld quality assessment
- welding optimization
- material testing
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