| Preface | 5 |
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| Contents | 7 |
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| Part I Solidification Cracking Theory | 11 |
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| In Search of the Prediction of Hot Cracking in Aluminium Alloys | 12 |
| Application of the Rappaz-Drezet-Gremaud Hot Tearing Criterion to Welding of Aluminium Alloys | 28 |
| Weld Solidification Cracking: Critical Conditions for Crack Initiation and Growth | 48 |
| Consideration of the Welding Process as a Thermo-Physical Mechanism to Control Cracking in Weldments | 68 |
| Determination of Critical Strain Rate for Solidification Cracking by Numerical Simulation | 86 |
| Part II Solidification Cracking of Ferrous and Nickel-Base Alloys | 103 |
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| Classification and Mechanisms of Cracking in Welding High-Alloy Steels and Nickel Alloys in Brittle Temperature Ranges | 104 |
| Submerged Arc Welding – A Test for Centreline Cracking | 124 |
| Influence of Local Weld Deformation on the Solidification Cracking Susceptibility of a Fully Austenitic Stainless Steel | 136 |
| Weld Solidification Cracking in Solid-Solution Strengthened Ni-Base Filler Metals | 156 |
| Hot Cracking Susceptibility of Ni-Base Alloy Dissimilar Metal Welds | 180 |
| Evaluation of Weld Solidification Cracking in Ni-Base Superalloys Using the Cast Pin Tear Test | 202 |
| SAW Cold Wire Technology – Economic Alternative for Joining Hot Crack Sensitive Nickel-Base Alloys | 224 |
| Part III Solidification Cracking of Aluminium Alloys | 248 |
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| Hot Tearing During Laser Butt Welding of 6xxx Aluminium Alloys: Process Optimisation and 2D/3D Characterisation of Hot Tears | 250 |
| The Integral Approach – a Tailored Method to Optimize Structural Behavior and Weldability | 266 |
| Weld Parameter and Minor Element Effects on Solidification Crack Initiation in Aluminium | 286 |
| Using Simulation for Investigations of Hot Cracking Phenomena in Resistance Spot Welding of 6xxx Aluminum Alloys (AA6016 and AA6181) | 320 |
| Part IV Liquation Cracking | 336 |
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| Evaluating Hot Cracking Susceptibility of Ni-Base SAW Consumables for Welding of 9% Ni Steel | 338 |
| Assessment of HAZ Hot Cracking in a High Nitrogen Stainless Steel | 358 |
| Crack Appearance in Hot Rolled Billets | 380 |
| Part V Ductility-Dip Cracking | 397 |
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| Effect of Filler Metal La Additions on Micro-Cracking in Multi-Pass Laser Overlay Weld Metal of Alloy 690 | 398 |
| Ductility-Dip Cracking in High Chromium, Ni-Base Filler Metals | 418 |
| Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approach to Ductility-Dip Cracking Resistance Improvement of Ni-base Alloy ERNiCrFe-7: Effect of Ti and Nb Additions | 436 |
| Index | 464 |