Welding and Joining of Aerospace Materials

Mahesh C. Chaturvedi is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada.

Part I Welding techniques 1. New welding techniques for aerospace engineering 2. Inertia friction welding (IFW) for aerospace applications 3. Laser welding of metals for aerospace and other applications 4. Hybrid laser-arc welding of aerospace and other materials 5. Heat-affected zone cracking in welded nickel superalloys

Part II Other joining techniques 6. Assessing the riveting process and the quality of riveted joints in aerospace and other applications 7. Quality control and non-destructive testing of self-piercing riveted joints in aerospace and other applications 8. Improvements in bonding metals for aerospace and other applications 9. Composite to metal bonding in aerospace and other applications 10. Diffusion bonding of metal alloys in aerospace and other applications 11. High-temperature brazing in aerospace engineering 12. Electron Beam Welding 13. Friction Stir Welding 14. Recent Developments in Arc Welding 15. Weld-bead cracking

Appendix: Linear friction welding in aerospace engineering