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#### **Preface XI**


Preface

joining technique for textile materials.

plication opportunities.

GMAW using volume of fluid approaches, respectively.

and others that work in the joining-related area.

Joining is one of the most important processes in manufacturing. This technology has vastly improved and is now extensively used in numerous industries. It is important because many products are impossible to be produced in a single piece and the cost of a product is cheaper when they are fabricated as many individual components prior to final assembly. One of the advantages of joining is that the product can be disassembled for repairs. Joining technology can be classified into three main processes such as metallurgical process (weld‐ ing, soldering, brazing, heat application), mechanical processes (riveting, bolt and nut, screw, key), and chemical process (adhesion). This book, however, focuses on joining tech‐ nology involved with metallurgical process especially welding process and application of

This book is intended to share recent research and knowledge related to joining technology especially welding process. This book contains 11 chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction to joining technology, it briefly explains the welding process and gives the overview of all top‐ ics covered in this book. Chapter 2 describes new approaches in joining of weld sheet alumi‐ num alloys using friction-stir welding (FSW), and Chapter 3 introduces a new approach to simulate friction-stir welding (FSW) process by smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH). Chapters 4 and 5 are related to a method of controlling arc motion using the magnetic oscil‐ lation method of GTAW and development of a comprehensive two-dimensional model for

Chapter 6 describes model approaches for temperature field and phase transformation anal‐ ysis of butt weld using arc welding. Chapter 7 discusses the uniqueness of laser and hybrid laser-arc welding on metals and its potential application in the industry. Chapter 8 explains various studies that have been conducted on joining between ceramic and metals as well as its challenges. Chapter 9 deals with the technology of diffusion for welding application.

Chapter 10 describes the potential uses of magnetic pulse welding in industries. It describes the magnetic pulse welding process, its potential application, its weldability on joining met‐ al as well as numerical simulation works on its interface behavior and multi-physics. Final‐ ly, Chapter 11 explores methods such as fusion, hot air, and hot wedge welding for joining textile product, basic knowledge and working principle of these technologies, as well as ap‐

We hope that the knowledge and updates of recent research achievements on joining tech‐ nology that we have shared in this book will be useful for researchers, engineers, students,

Chapter 11 **Magnetic Pulse Welding: An Innovative Joining Technology for Similar and Dissimilar Metal Pairs 243**

T. Sapanathan, R. N. Raoelison, N. Buiron and M. Rachik
