Several structural design considerations should be taken into account for economical and efficient welding. Many of these apply to other joining methods, and all apply to both subassemblies and the ...

Problems associated with dissimilar fusion welding are mainly originated from the differences in melting points, coefficients of thermal conductivity and thermal expansion, …etc., and carbon content ...

Welding creates problems for fleet managers because construction equipment does not fall into a neat category. A welder cannot qualify a hard-facing procedure to a structural steel welding code, for ...

Thermal distortion can push precision welds out of tolerance despite careful process control. Learn how preheating, clamping, ...

Lightweight structural materials are necessary to reduce fuel consumption and emissions from vehicles 1. The use of lightweight Al alloys in vehicles has increased rapidly over the past few decades ...

This pole suffered a failure in the welded seam at an overlapping slip splice. A tubular steel transmission pole generally consists of a series of welded assemblies. The pole shafts and arms are ...