Perspectives of Joints and Joining Technology Development for Metallic and Hybrid Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Welding and Joining".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical joining; joining sheets; mechanical-testing; materials-processing; mechanical-properties; finite-element analysis; manufacturing–engineering, tool wear in metal forming processes
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Interests: multimaterials joining; additive manufacturing; numerical modeling; machine learning; advanced manufacturing processes
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Interests: numerical simulations; joining technologies; CAX modeling; experimental research; manufacturing processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Continuous technical progress in construction and the development of new materials necessitate the advancement of adequate joining processes. Traditional joining technologies do not always provide significant benefits or may not be applicable to new materials. Therefore, numerous investigations have been carried out to develop innovative solutions suitable for joining these materials. Recently, joining processes—i.e. assembly using permanent and detachable connections—have been increasingly applied across various areas of industrial production and prototyping. The structural quality, strength, and functionality of joints are crucial to the safety, reliability, and service life of metal structures and are closely related to the precise control of phenomena occurring within the materials used.
This Special Issue focuses, among other topics, on methods for defect detection, analysis of structural quality through destructive and nondestructive testing, optimization of joining process parameters, and research on new standards for manufacturing metallic single-layer and multilayer joints, including those with partial participation of nonmetals. Rapid prototyping processes are becoming increasingly important, so joining technologies are used to combine various prototype metallic and nonmetallic components. Modern apparatus and testing methods enable both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of manufactured joints in prototyped parts. This Issue integrates computational analysis methods with multi-parameter optimization, presenting progress and perspectives in evaluating the quality of various joints and joining techniques—from experience-based approaches to data-driven methods utilizing artificial intelligence. Topics of interest include analyses of operational functionality, mechanical quality, manufacturing economy, and energy consumption reduction to ensure structural integrity of metallic parts or their combinations with nonmetals.
In this Special Issue of Metals, we invite researchers to submit scientific manuscripts that provide new theoretical and practical insights into joining technology using various joining methods for different materials (metallic and nonmetallic, single-layer and multilayer).
Prof. Dr. Jacek Mucha
Dr. Francesco Lambiase
Dr. Waldemar Witkowski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energetic processes
- economics of joining processes
- joints properties
- hybrid joints
- processes control
- joining dissimilar materials
- lightweight hybrid sheet material
- microstructure
- residual stress
- numerical modelling
- numerical simulations
- joints in the prototypical structures
- green technologies
- industry 5.0
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