Special Issue "Research Progress in Welding Technology of Alloys"

Dear Colleagues,

It is an honor to be Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Research Progress in Welding Technology of Alloys”. We invite you to contribute research papers or reviews to this Special Issue.

Alloys are used in various fields of modern industrial manufacturing, such as aeronautics and astronautics, shipbuilding, nuclear, automobile, railway, pipeline, etc. The welding of alloys, including the same or dissimilar materials, is a common manufacturing process. To meet the requirements of the components after welding, welded joints with good formation and properties have to be achieved. At present, many types of welding methods have been applied for combining alloys, such as laser welding, arc welding, laser-arc hybrid welding, plasma welding, friction stir welding, explosive welding, and so on.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a communication platform for scientists, researchers, and engineers around the world to present their achievements regarding research progress in welding alloys. Contributions are therefore cordially invited to this Special Issue with topics covering, but not limited to, the following areas: the current state of the art in the welding of alloys, the processes of all types of welding methods, modeling and simulation of welding processes, experimental investigations of welding processes, optimization of welding process parameters, formation mechanisms of joints, the microstructure of joints, and the mechanical properties of the joints.

Dr. Zhongmei Gao
Guest Editor

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• alloy materials
• welding processes
• numerical simulation
• experimental investigations
• joint microstructure
• joint properties
• welding mechanisms