Advanced Welding Technologies serves as a vital resource that transforms the perception of welding from a mere skill-based practice to a cutting-edge industrial method, offering comprehensive insights into its fundamental processes, research advancements, and diverse applications across technological and biomedical domains. Welding has traditionally been considered more of a skill-based proficiency than a technological industrial method. The reliance on highly trained human operators, along with the high cost and low reproducibility of many welding processes, has contributed to this perception. Extensive research has now been conducted on the fundamentals of welding processes, and while it remains a complex, multidisciplinary subject, the basic concepts are well understood. Advanced Welding Technologies is a comprehensive collection of the processes and applications of advanced welding technologies, giving a basic understanding of each process, research advancements, and their applications in various technological and biomedical domains for improving machining accuracy and quality. This volume will extend the possibilities of research in various areas of advanced welding technologies with basic and hybrid approaches, making it an easy reference for students and researchers working in this critical field. Readers will find the book: Covers technologies for successful improvement in advanced processes and the application of advanced welding technologies; Serves as a valuable reference to students and researchers involved in working with advanced welding technologies; Discusses successful fabrication of multipurpose advanced welding technologies, sustainability of advanced welding technologies, materials and processes, applications of machine learning in advanced welding technologies, and future scopes and challenges of advanced welding technologies. Audience Engineers, welders, researchers, academics, and students involved in advanced welding technologies, manufacturing, and materials science.

Table of Contents:
Preface xxi Acknowledgements xxv Part I: Advanced Welding Processes 1 1 Introduction to Advanced Welding Processes 3 Sandip Kunar, Jagadeesha T., Chika Oliver Ujah, Norfazillah Talib, Gurudas Mandal, Akhilesh Kumar Singh and Aezeden Mohamed 2 Developments and Trends in Welding Development 25 Sandip Kunar, Jagadeesha T., Gurudas Mandal, Norfazillah Talib, Adduri S. S. M. Sitaramamurty, Akhilesh Kumar Singh and K. Rakesh Varma 3 Welding Power Source Technology 35 Sakthimurugan D., Thavasilingam K., Praveen Kumar A., Karthikeyan K. and Nagachandrika K.K. 4 Welding Automation and Robotics 47 Jyoti Bhattacharjee and Subhasis Roy 5 Material Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis in Friction Stir Welding 73 Sumanta Banerjee and Prokash C. Roy 6 Atomic Hydrogen Welding 107 Chika Oliver Ujah, Rodolphe N'Dedji Sodokin and Daramy Vandi von Kallon 7 Modeling and Designing of Ultrasonic Welding 127 Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar 8 Microstructural Control and Heat Treatment Effects in Explosion Welding 155 Sonika Chauhan, Nisha Rani, Deepa Singh and Neeraj Bisht 9 Hybrid Welding Processes 177 S. Ajithkumar, B. Arulmurugan, D. Balaji, V. Manoj Mohan Prasath and S. Idhayaraja 10 Ultrasonic Welding: Foundations, Influential Factors, and Material Applications 197 Marxim Rahula Bharathi B., Akhilesh Kumar Singh, D.V.S.S.S.V. Prasad, A. Ramesh, P. V. Elumalai and N.S. Balaji Part II: Applications of Computational Techniques and Sustainability in Welding 219 11 Review and Analysis of Intelligent Welding Using Automation and Machine Learning Tools 221 Protyasha Kundu, Swarnadeep Saha, Sumanta Banerjee and Anindita Kundu 12 Machine Learning in Welding Technologies 261 D.V.S.S.S.V. Prasad, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Marxim Rahula Bharathi B., Yerrapragada K.S.S. Rao and V.V. Kamesh 13 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Welding Technologies 277 Thavasilingam K., Giridharan K., Yuvaraj S., Gopi Kannan K. and Prashanth M. 14 Internet of Things in Welding Industries 287 Alok Kumar and Ravi Shankar Rai 15 Evolution of Technology in Testing and Inspection of Welding: From Traditional to Modern Methods 323 Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Sandip Kunar, M. Zubairuddin, Marxim Rahula Bharathi B., D.V.S.S.S.V. Prasad and Yarrapragada K.S.S. Rao 16 Sustainability in Welding Industries 339 P. Sivasankaran 17 Mechanical and Structural Evaluation of Friction Stir Welded AA6063 and AA6069 Aluminum Alloys for Marine and Aerospace Applications 353 M. Arockia Jaswin and R. Geetha 18 Experimental Analysis and Optimization of Microwave Welding Parameters for Improved Joint Strength 369 Kishor Jyoti Deka, Shubhajit Das and Sangeeta Das 19 Metaheuristic Approaches for the Optimized Friction Stir Welding Process 385 Pritam Pain and Supriyo Roy 20 Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding 401 Ravindra Nath Yadav, Basant Kumar Bhuyan, Sanjeev Kumar Singh Yadav and Sanjay Mishra 21 Beyond Fumes and Flux: Green Welding for a Sustainable Future 419 M. Abdur Rahman, G. Rajesh, S. Jeavudeen, R. Karunanithi and N. Sri Rangarajalu 22 Toward a Greener Weld for Integrating Sustainability Into Welding Practices 447 Sunita Routray, Ranjita Swain and Rudra Narayan Mohapatro 23 Advancements in Robotic Welding Sensing Technology: A Review 477 S. Ajithkumar, B. Arulmurugan, V. Manoj Mohan Prasath, P. Utchimahali Muthu Raja and M. Aravindh 24 Robotic Welding and Automation: Cutting-Edge Technology for Industry 497 S. Ajithkumar, B. Arulmurugan and S. Idhayaraja 25 Additive Manufacturing Integration with Welding: A Focus on Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) 513 M. Sivakumar, C.T. Justus Panicker, N.S. Balaji, Marxim Rahula Bharathi B. and G. Suresh 26 Current Scenario, Future Scope, and Challenges in Welding 547 N.S. Balaji, M. Sivakumar, Marxim Rahula Bharathi B. and Suresh G. Summary 565 References 565 Index 573