Feature Papers in Welding & Joining

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the Section "Welding & Joining" is compiling a collection of feature papers from our Section’s Editorial Board members and leading scholars in this field of research. We welcome contributions as well as recommendations from Editorial Board members.

Welding is a technique dating from the pre-historic times, but the modern science and technology of welding and joining have seen a phenomenal growth in recent decades. Soldering was used thousands of years ago, but lead-free soldering has been widely used in industry only in the past 15 years or so. Applications of friction welding were dated back to the turn of the 20th century, but friction stir welding was not invited until 1991. Arc welding was patented 130 years ago, but the invention of new arc welding technology in the past 20 years (e.g, cold metal transfer and surface tension transfer) has revolutionized the welding of dissimilar metals and greatly promoted the development of wire arc additive manufacturing. The recent development of new lasers such as blue lasers and ultrafast lasers has made it possible to carry out laser welding of copper and glass. In the past decade, artificial intelligence and digital twins have been increasingly used for drastic improvements in welding automation and quality.

The aim of this Special Issue is to publish high-impact papers featuring the latest technological development in welding and joining. Papers offering perspectives are also welcome. The authors must be well-recognized leading researchers in the subject areas of their papers. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Applications of artificial intelligence to welding;
• Big data analytics of welding research trend;
• Brazing and soldering;
• Cold spray;
• Digital twins;
• Dissimilar metal joining;
• Friction stir welding;
• Laser welding or cladding;
• Micro- and nano-joining;
• Numerical modelling and simulation;
• Wire arc additive manufacturing

Prof. Dr. Wei Zhou
Guest Editor

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