Hot Cracking Phenomena in Welds II (Paperback)

Solidification Cracking Theory.- In Search of the Prediction of Hot Cracking in Aluminium Alloys.- Application of the Rappaz-Drezet-Gremaud Hot Tearing Criterion to Welding of Aluminium Alloys.- Weld Solidification Cracking: Critical Conditions for Crack Initiation and Growth.- Consideration of the Welding Process as a Thermo-Physical Mechanism to Control Cracking in Weldments.- Determination of Critical Strain Rate for Solidification Cracking by Numerical Simulation.- Solidification Cracking of Ferrous and Nickel-Base Alloys.- Classification and Mechanisms of Cracking in Welding High-Alloy Steels and Nickel Alloys in Brittle Temperature Ranges.- Submerged Arc Welding - A Test for Centreline Cracking.- Influence of Local Weld Deformation on the Solidification Cracking Susceptibility of a Fully Austenitic Stainless Steel.- Weld Solidification Cracking in Solid-Solution Strengthened Ni-Base Filler Metals.- Hot Cracking Susceptibility of Ni-Base Alloy Dissimilar Metal Welds.- Evaluation of Weld Solidification Cracking in Ni-Base Superalloys Using the Cast Pin Tear Test.- SAW Cold Wire Technology - Economic Alternative for Joining Hot Crack Sensitive Nickel-Base Alloys.- Solidification Cracking of Aluminium Alloys.- Hot Tearing During Laser Butt Welding of 6xxx Aluminium Alloys: Process Optimisation and 2D/3D Characterisation of Hot Tears.- The Integral Approach - a Tailored Method to Optimize Structural Behavior and Weldability.- Weld Parameter and Minor Element Effects on Solidification Crack Initiation in Aluminium.- Using Simulation for Investigations of Hot Cracking Phenomena in Resistance Spot Welding of 6xxx Aluminum Alloys (AA6016 and AA6181).- Liquation Cracking.- Evaluating Hot Cracking Susceptibility of Ni-Base SAW Consumables for Welding of 9% Ni Steel.- Assessment of HAZ Hot Cracking in a High Nitrogen Stainless Steel.- Crack Appearance in Hot Rolled Billets.- Ductility-Dip Cracking.- Effect of Filler Metal La Additions on Micro-Cracking in Multi-Pass Laser Overlay Weld Metal of Alloy 690.- Ductility-Dip Cracking in High Chromium, Ni-Base Filler Metals.- Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approach to Ductility-Dip Cracking Resistance Improvement of Ni-base Alloy ERNiCrFe-7: Effect of Ti and Nb Additions.