WELDING METALLURGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the specific types of fusion and solid-state processes for welding specific metals/alloys of specific geometries and joints Audience: Undergraduate 2. Relate principles of heat transfer, fluid flow, mass transfer, chemical reactions, and phase transformations during welding to the development of microstructure, properties, and defects of welds Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the causes and remedies of various defects in welds, such as gas porosity, loss of strength, loss of toughness, cracking, and corrosion Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify processes for welding dissimilar materials, such as aluminum alloys to steels, aluminum alloys to copper Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the specific types of fusion and solid-state processes for welding specific metals/alloys of specific geometries and joints Audience: Undergraduate 2. Relate principles of heat transfer, fluid flow, mass transfer, chemical reactions, and phase transformations during welding to the development of microstructure, properties, and defects of welds Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the causes and remedies of various defects in welds, such as gas porosity, loss of strength, loss of toughness, cracking, and corrosion Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify processes for welding dissimilar materials, such as aluminum alloys to steels, aluminum alloys to copper Audience: Undergraduate