Dept of Materials and Manufacturing Eng

MPM004 Welding Metallurgy 7.5 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Q I

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Per Rubin Univ adj

PREREQUISITES


COURSE AIM
The course will give the student a general knowledge of the physical metallurgy of welding with a special emphasis on steel.

CONTENTS
-Overview of fusion-welding, focusing on conventional methods. -Solutions to the heatconductivity equations for welding. Plane and linesource. -Solubility of gases in melts and solid state. Mechanisms of solidification and microstructure formation as a result of different welding conditions. -The effect of the thermal cycle on the heat affected base material. Grain coarsening, particle dissolution, solid-state transformations. -Cracks and defects introduced by the weldning process. -Solid-state welding and brazing.

TEACHING


EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Laboratory work                                             	2.2 ECTS
Written exam                                                	5.2 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Easterling K.E.: Introduction to the Physical Metallurgy of Welding

REMARKS
Last modified 97-03-05
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