July 2006FEATURES Hardfacing Tips and Techniques These tips can help you select the hardfacing alloy and application pattern that will best suit your needs C. Monroe The Fundamentals of Explosion Welding Explosion welding offers advantages for joining metals that frequently would be considered incompatible C. Merriman Application of Fiber Lasers to Pipeline Girth Welding Today's fiber lasers offer capabilities that could make them useful for field welding of cross-country pipelines C. Thomy et al. Exploring Trends in Hardfacing This process extends the service life of components, eliminating expensive equipment downtime W. Wahl What You Can Do with Explosion Welding Here's a look at just some of the applications for which explosion welding can prove useful D. Cutter Controlling Heat Input by Measuring Net Power At constant travel speed, net power is directly responsible for physical and metallurgical changes in the metal being welded V. Malin and F. Sciammarella WELDING RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT Characterization of Submerged Arc Welds from the World Trade Center Towers: As Deposited Welds and Failures Associated with Impact Damage of the Exterior Columns (.pdf) Intact and aircraft impact-damaged welds from the exterior columns of the World Trade Center Towers were evaluated in order to learn lessons that can be used to improve future structures S. W. Banovic and T. A. Siewert
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