WELDING: THEORY AND PRACTICE
CONTENTS ARC WELDING AN OVERVIEW HISTORY OF WELDING TERMINOLOGY DISTORTION THE WELDING ARC SHIELDING GASES POWER SOURCES GAS WELDING EQUIPMENT TIG WELDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD CONSUMABLES PLASMA WELDING GASES FOR PLASMA WELDING THE ADVANTAGES OF THE PLASMA METHOD MIGIMAG WELDING SETTING OF WELDING PARAMETERS WELD QUALITY METAL ARC WELDING WITH COATED ELECTRODES DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD ELECTRODES WELD DEFECTS SUBMERGED ARC WELDING DESCRIPTION FILLER MATERIAL THE EFFECT OF THE WELDING PARAMETERS PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS JOINT PREPARATION RISKS OF WELD DEFECTS PRESSURE WELDING METHODS RESISTANCE WELDING FRICTION WELDING HIGH-FREQUENCY WELDING ULTRASONIC WELDING EXPLOSION WELDING MAGNETIC PULSE WELDING COLD PRESSURE WELDING DIFFUSION WELDING OTHER METHODS OF WELDING ELECTROSLAG WELDING ELECTROGAS WELDING STUD WELDING LASER WELDING ELECTRON BEAM WELDING THERMITE WELDING CUTTING METHODS THERMAL CUTTING WATER JET CUTTING THERMAL GOUGING SURFACE CLADDING METHODS CLADDING TO PROVIDE A CORROSION-RESISTANT LAYER HARDFACING THERMAL SPRAYING MECHANISATION AND ROBOT WELDING NARROW-GAP WELDING ARC WELDING USING ROBOTS MECHANISED TIG WELDING QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MECHANISED WELDING SOLDERING AND BRAZING GENERAL SOFT SOLDERING BRAZING THE WELDABILITY OF STEEL CARBON STEELS HIGH-STRENGTH AND EXTRA HIGH-STRENGTH STEELS AUSTENITIC STEELS DESIGN OF WELDED COMPONENTS INTRODUCTION SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF WELDS ON DRAWINGS WELDING CLASSES RESIDUAL STRESSES IN WELDS WELD DISTORTIONS CONTENTS DESIGN CONSIDERATION STRENGTH CONSIDERATIONS OF WELDED JOINTS ANALYSIS OF STATICALLY LOADED WELDED JOINTS WELDED STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO FATIGUE LOADS REFERENCES QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR WELDING (EN 729) WELDING COORDINATION (EN 71 9) SPECIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF WELDING PROCEDURES (EN 288) APPROVAL TESTING OF WELDERS (EN 287) NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING WELDING COSTS WELDING COST CALCULATIONS SOME WELDING COST CONCEPTS COST CALCULATION MECHANISATION AUTOMATION ROBOT WELDING