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Through Optimum Use and Innovation of Welding and Joining Technologies
Improving Global Quality of Life
Needs and challenges
in welding and joining
technologies
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
4.4
Advanced design and structural integrity rules ............................................................... 30
4.5
Role and potential of modelling ........................................................................................ 31
4.6
Strategies to meet scientific challenges............................................................................ 32
