Improving Global Quality of Life

Contents
Foreword ...................................................................................................................................... III
Panel of expert contributors ..................................................................................................... IV
Executive summary ....................................................................................................................XII
Editors’ Preface .......................................................................................................................... XIII
1. Scope and objectives .....................................................................................................1
2. Welding industry in the world ......................................................................................3
2.1 Historical perspective: welding as problem solver ...................................................4
2.2 Today’s welding industry and its structures ...............................................................6
2.3 Organisations, institutes, communication and networks ..........................................6
2.3.1 Early welding societies .................................................................................................6
2.3.2 International cooperation ...........................................................................................7
2.3.3 Regional benefi ts .........................................................................................................8
3 Signifi cance of welding and joining .........................................................................9
3.1 Major industrial sectors utilising welding and joining .............................................10
3.2 Social aspects and improvement of quality of life .................................................11
3.3 Welding and joining in sustainable growth and environment ..............................12
3.4 Value and benefi ts of welding ..................................................................................12
3.5 Failures of welded structures .....................................................................................14
4. Needs and challenges in welding and joining sciences .............................17
4.1 New materials, weldability and testing ....................................................................18
4.1.1 New materials and weldability .................................................................................20
4.1.2 Consumables ..............................................................................................................25
4.1.3 Testing ..........................................................................................................................26
4.2 High energy density welding processes and material response ..........................28
4.3 Repair welds and material response .......................................................................29
VI Improving Global Quality of Life Through Optimum Use and Innovation of Welding and Joining Technologies