**Meet the editor**

Associate Professor Dr. Mahadzir Ishak received his undergraduate degree at the Department of Mechanical Engineering,Ehime University, Japan, in 2000. In 2002, he obtained his master's degree from Tokushima University, Japan. He worked as an engineer at welding shop in automotive-related company before becoming academician at Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). He

obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Ibaraki University, Japan, in 2010. Since 2007, he has been involved in welding research such as laser welding on light alloys, arc welding on dissimilar metals, friction-stir welding, as well as other joining technologies. He teaches joining and welding, manufacturing processes, and material engineering courses for undergraduate students at UMP. He has authored three book chapters and has published more than 38 papers in scientific journals. He held more than 40 presentations at international conferences. Currently, he supervises four PhDs and eleven masters by research students related to joining and welding research.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**and Welding 1** Mahadzir Ishak

**Aluminum Alloys 7**

**Oscillation 53**

Jerzy Winczek

G. A. Turichin

**to Metal 159**

**Metal Arc Welding 77**

Chapter 7 **Laser and Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding 131**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: A Brief Introduction to Joining**

Chapter 3 **A Mesh-Free Solid-Mechanics Approach for Simulating the**

Kirk Fraser, Lyne St-Georges and Laszlo I. Kiss

Chapter 4 **Gas Tungsten Arc Welding with Synchronized Magnetic**

Thiago Resende Larquer and Ruham Pablo Reis

Junling Hu, Zhenghua Rao and Hai-Lung Tsai

Chapter 6 **The Analysis of Temporary Temperature Field and Phase**

Chapter 8 **Current Issues and Problems in the Joining of Ceramic**

**Transformations in One-Side Butt-Welded Steel Flats 103**

Uday M.B., Ahmad-Fauzi M.N., Alias Mohd Noor and Srithar Rajoo

Chapter 5 **A Comprehensive Model of the Transport Phenomena in Gas**

Marcello Cabibbo, Archimede Forcellese and Michela Simoncini

Chapter 2 **New Approaches to the Friction Stir Welding of**

**Friction Stir-Welding Process 27**
