Welding, Joining, and Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys (Third Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 42
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; characterisation of weld joints; ultrasonic welding; laser welding; friction stir welding; friction welding; resistance spot welding; arc welding technologies; adhesive bonding; vibration assisted welding and additive manufacturing; thermal and mechanical post-processing
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Interests: vision systems for industrial quality inspection; automation; process monitoring and improvement; AI
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Interests: characterisation of weld joints; instrumented charpy test; fatique; fracture mechanics of the weld joints; fatigue crack growth test; friction stir welding; friction welding; resistance spot welding; arc welding technologies; residual stress
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The constant development of new materials and products also promotes the research and development of welding, joining, and build-up welding technologies, as well as additive manufacturing technologies. These investigations are multidisciplinary and encompass processes and their automation, monitoring and control, materials, weldability and joinability of materials and alloys, product and joint design, and advanced characterization and numerical simulations to comprehensively understand physical and metallurgical phenomena. A successful understanding of these phenomena enables the development of solutions to overcome these problems. This Special Issue aims to report the results of basic and applied research, as well as case studies, in the fields of weldability and joinability of materials, additive manufacturing, automation, process improvement, and advanced characterization.
The potential topics for the Special Issues include, but are not limited to, the following:
Micro and nano joining.
Diffusion bonding.
Adhesive bonding.
Hybrid welding and additive manufacturing.
Laser welding.
Welding with mechanical energy.
Weldability of similar and dissimilar materials.
Advanced material characterization.
Residual stress and distortion.
Numerical modeling and simulation.
Additive manufacturing processes (DED, powder bead fusion, binder jetting, etc.).
Additive manufacturing of new materials, multi-materials, and functionally graded materials.
Improvement in materials using weld surfacing and additive manufacturing.
Repair welding and repair additive manufacturing of products.
In situ processing and post-processing in additive manufacturing or welding.
Advanced material characterization.
Fatigue of joints and AM parts.
Destructive and non-destructive testing of joints and AM parts.
Process automation, monitoring, and control.
Monitoring systems, vision, automation, and quality inspection.
Application of Artificial Intelligence in process planning, monitoring and control.
Dr. Damjan Klobcar
Dr. Drago Bračun
Dr. Tomaž Vuherer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- welding and joining technologies
- brazing and soldering
- additive manufacturing
- adhesive bonding
- weldability of materials
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