Aluminum Welding (05000G)

Unlike steel welding, the aluminum welding is far more complicated because of its inherent thermo-physical properties. Hence to achieve quality, stringent process control is necessary. This book features: an elaborate introductory description of the properties of wrought and cast aluminum alloys along with their different applications, description on alloy designation of wrought alloys, cast alloys and temper designation system, composition properties typical application of non heat-treatable and heat-treatable aluminum alloys, principal characteristics and application of various aluminum alloys and cast alloys with examples, various types of power sources and their effect in aluminum welding, weld metal transfer mechanism and its dependence on process variables in aluminum welding, general problems encountered in gas tungsten arc welding of aluminum alloys and their causes, distortion mechanism - types and causes, and numerical methods for analyzing thermal distortion and formation of residual stresses.