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Advances in welding science and technology
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Materials ScienceFriction WeldingEngineeringWeldingIndustrial EngineeringCorrosionWelding ProcessMechanical EngineeringPhysical ProcessesMechanical SystemsSystems EngineeringAdvanced ManufacturingWeld Pool SolidificationManufacturing EngineeringIndustrial InformaticsScience-based DesignMicrostructureInterdisciplinary Activity
Welding has evolved from an art to a science, with interdisciplinary advances in process physics, microstructure characterization, and intelligent control, and has been the focus of numerous international conferences and publications. This paper reviews recent developments that enable science‑based design of weld composition, structure, and properties through intelligent control and automation.
Over the years, welding has been more of an art than a science, but in the last few decades major advances have taken place in welding science and technology. With the development of new methodologies at the crossroads of basic and applied sciences, enormous opportunities and potential exist to develop a science-based design of composition, structure, and properties of welds with intelligent control and automation of the welding processes. In the last several decades, welding has evolved as an interdisciplinary activity requiring synthesis of knowledge from various disciplines and incorporating the most advanced tools of various basic applied sciences. A series of international conferences and other publications have covered the issues, current trends and directions in welding science and technology. In the last few decades, major progress has been made in (i) understanding physical processes in welding, (ii) characterization of microstructure and properties, and (iii) intelligent control and automation of welding. This paper describes some of these developments.