Welding and joining of metallic materials

• Overview of different joining technologies
• Welding processes
  • Fusion welding (arc, beam)
  • Solid-state welding
• Heat transfer, distortion and residual stress in welding
• Phase diagram and basic of physical metallurgy
• Welding metallurgy of steels
• Welding metallurgy of nonferrous alloys
• Application of computational material science in welding-computer lab
• Welding procedure specification (WPS) - overview of welding standards
• Destructive and non-destructive testing
• Process monitoring and control system
• Brazing and soldering
• Directed energy deposition AM

Knowledge:

After passing the course, the candidate must have knowledge of:

• Different welding, joining, and direct energy deposition additive manufacturing processes
• Welding performance of steels, stainless steels, Al--based and Ni-based alloys, and their physical metallurgy
• Welding procedure specification development based on welding standards and codes
• Weld monitoring, non-destructive testing, and mechanical testing.

Skills:

After passing the course, the candidate:

• Can correlate the process parameter to the final welding microstructure and performance using physical metallurgy and heat transfer knowledge.
• Can create a limited test plan to evaluate the influence of welding process parameters on the joints’ characteristics.

General competence:

After passing the course, the candidate:

• Can describe different common welding terms and codes based on the common standards.
• Can analyze information from WPS.
• Can analyze characteristics and challenges of welding processes for different metallic materials.

• Lectures
• Videos
• Lab and lab exercises.
• Text/textbooks/slides