An application of machine vision applied to the analysis of radioscopic images of incomplete weld geometries is described. The rationale of the work is to identify weld defects as soon as they are produced, thereby reducing the costs of any subsequent repairs. Existing methods of weld and defect identification are compared, leading to the development of filtering and 'window' based variance ope...

Welding is an area in which technological developments out match the developments in its science base, which is primarily driven by the phenomenal industrial demand for welded structure. Reliability, Reproducibility and Viability requirements are forcing Technologists to look at weld defects such as distortion, hot cracking, in a systematic and logical approach than on adhoc basis. Distortion i...

In this study, an attempt was made to minimize the corrosion rate and maximize pitting potential of dissimilar metal welded joints of A387-Gr91/AISI316 steels. Process parameters of the pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding (PCGTAW) including of peak current (P), background current (B), pulse frequency (F), and on time percentage (O) were chosen as the influencing factors on corrosion behavio...

The objective of this research is to apply intelligent control methodology to improve weld quality. Based on fuzzy logic and artificial neural network theory, a self-learning fuzzy and neural network control scheme has been developed for real-time control of pulsed gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). Using an industrial TV camera as the sensor, the weld face width of the weld pool, i.e., the feedb...

Abstract Ferrous alloys are employed in a range of fields, including aerospace, construction, automobiles and chemical processing. One the most used welding processes for fusion ferrous metals is gas tungsten arc (GTA) or Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding. Due to lower amount penetration accomplished using only one pass, less frequent some industrial situations. Fluxes have been discovered impro...

The AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy is of great interest due to its unique mechanical properties combining both strength and plasticity. Here, gas tungsten arc welding was performed for the first time on an as-cast alloy. microstructural evolution welded joints assessed by electron microscopy with backscatter diffraction, synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis thermodynamic calculatio...

Abstract In the present study, gas tungsten arc welding was employed to weld Ti-stabilized 439 ferritic stainless steel using 308L austenitic filler electrode with varying heat input, i.e., low input (LHI) and high (HHI). The optical microstructure revealed formation of retained austenite (RA) ferrite in zone (WZ), whereas peppery structure consisting chromium-rich carbides were observed heat-a...